old-growth
/ˌoʊldɡɹˈoʊθ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.95 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
From, in, or pertaining to, an old-growth forest; having mature trees or other plants.
Example Sentences
- "While on a walk the next morning I found what looked like a patch of old growth habitat - perhaps somewhere the fires had missed - and to my astonishment saw a female Red-lored Whistler accompanied by an immature."
- "Moving about 70 miles per hour, it crashed through the sturdy old-growth trees, snapping their limbs and shredding bark from their trunks."