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old-growth forest

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, forestry

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: primary forest

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 老林 (lǎolín) — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 原生林 (yuánshēnglín) — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 原始林 (yuánshǐlín) — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Dutch: oerbos — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Dutch: primair bos — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Finnish: aarniometsä — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • French: forêt primaire — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Georgian: ხელუხლებელი ტყე (xeluxlebeli ṭq̇e) — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Georgian: პირველადი ტყე (ṗirveladi ṭq̇e) — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Georgian: ძველი ზრდის ტყე (ʒveli zrdis ṭq̇e) — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • German: Primärwald — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Hungarian: őserdő — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Polish: las pierwotny — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Polish: starolas — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Portuguese: floresta primária — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Russian: де́вственный лес (dévstvennyj les) — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Lule-Sami: dålusjvuovdde — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Upper Sorbian: pralěs — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Spanish: bosque primario — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Swedish: urskog — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Turkish: bakir orman — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance
  • Vietnamese: rừng nguyên sinh — forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance