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Noun: afforestation  `a`fo-ru'stey-shun or u`fó-ru'stey-shun
  1. The conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)

Derived forms: afforestations

See also: afforest

Type of: conversion

Encyclopedia: Afforestation

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