forests
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
forests
- Details
Historically, refers to wilderness areas outside the scope of common law but within the legislation of kings and reserved for royal activities; more recently, used to designate extensive wooded areas, whether maintained for the production of timber or unmanaged and preserving a wilderness of dense growth and wild animal habitats.
- Variations
Forests and forestry
forest lands
lands, forest
forest