unwoodedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈwʊdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈwʊdəd/ Destitute of wood or trees; treeless.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > lacking
woodless1551
unshrubbeda1616
unwooded1628
treeless1794
uncypressed1799
untimbered1808
shrubless1816
bushless1830
groveless1835
timberless1859
forestless1884
unforested1885
1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks iv. 125 Shepheards collect These flowers..On plaine unwooded Valleyes.
1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific I. i. iii. 30 That lifeless brown which prevails in countries..that are unwooded.
1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo i. iii. 83 The un~wooded open land.
1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner I. x. 178 A dark, deep dell, unwooded, save for a few..native larches.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 326 The rugged mountain's bare unwooded feet.
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