Meuse Meuse River Argonne Argonne Forest Meuse-Argonne Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
forest tent caterpillar Malacosoma disstria | larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent, serious defoliator of deciduous trees |
forest goat spindle horn Pseudoryx nghetinhensis | cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope, characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat |
bamboo curtain | an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the s and s |
forest fire | an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area |
bamboo shoot | edible young shoots of bamboo |
forest wood woods | the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area |
rain forest rainforest | a forest with heavy annual rainfall |
temperate rain forest | a rain forest in a temperate area |
tropical rain forest selva | a rain forest in a tropical area |
Petrified Forest National Park | a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees |
New Forest | an area of woods and heathland in southern Hampshire that was set aside by William I as Crown property in , originally a royal hunting ground but now administered as parkland, noted for its ponies |
Black Forest Schwarzwald | a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany |
forest woodland timberland timber | land that is covered with trees and shrubs |
riparian forest | woodlands along the banks of stream or river |
Sherwood Forest | an ancient forest in central England, formerly a royal hunting ground, said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band |
satyr forest god | one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, identified with Roman fauns |
fire warden forest fire fighter ranger | an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest |
De Forest Lee De Forest Father of Radio | United States electrical engineer who inpatented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (-) |
bamboo | woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems, mature canes used for construction and furniture |
bamboo | the hard woody stems of bamboo plants, used in construction and crafts and fishing poles |
common bamboo Bambusa vulgaris | extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow, so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain |
giant bamboo kyohiku Dendrocalamus giganteus | immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks |
fishpole bamboo gosanhiku hoteihiku Phyllostachys aurea | small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young |
black bamboo kurihiku Phyllostachys nigra | small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black |
giant timber bamboo madake kuhiku Phyllostachys bambusoides | large bamboo having thick-walled culms, native of China and perhaps Japan, widely grown elsewhere |
forest red gum Eucalypt tereticornis | tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria |
bamboo palm Raffia vinifera | a palm of the genus Raffia |
miniature fan palm bamboo palm fern rhapis Rhapis excelsa | small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers |
bamboo fern Coniogramme japonica | fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern, cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds |
old growth virgin forest | forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity |
afforest forest | establish a forest on previously unforested land, afforest the mountains |