afforestableadj.
/əˈfɒrᵻstəbl/, U.S. /əˈfɔrəstəb(ə)l/ British.
Of land: capable of being converted into forest or woodland.
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1887 H. de F. Montgomery Irish Landowner's View of Purchase 5 Much of the land now worth nothing..is afforestable.
1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) Index 489 Estimate of afforestable land.
1958 Times 24 Jan. 15/3 The planting of the total afforestable area with pines is nearing completion.
2003 I. J. Bateman et al. Appl. Environmental Econ. v. 118 In the search for cheap afforestable land many sites of great ecological value were destroyed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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