forestry
The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
Example
“She studied forestry and environmental management.”
Other meanings
The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
“The region depends heavily on forestry for employment.”
Related words
- agroforestry
- ecoforestry
- forestry machine
- mycoforestry
- nonforestry
Word history
From Old French "foresterie".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “forestry” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.