old growth

noun

forest growth consisting of mature or overmature trees.
virgin timber.

Origin of old growth

First recorded in 1880–85

OTHER WORDS FROM old growth

old-growth, adjective

Words nearby old growth

old french, old frisian, old girl, old goat, old gold, old growth, old guard, old guardism, old hand, old harry, old hat

Example sentences from the Web for old growth

  • Every part of his work is of selected stock, as free from knots and seams and sapwood as a piece of old-growth pine.

    The Seer of Slabsides |Dallas Lore Sharp

  • Every part of his work is of selected stock, as free from knots and seams and sap-wood as a piece of old-growth pine.

    The Face of the Fields |Dallas Lore Sharp