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Definition of second growth in US English: second growthnoun 1Woodland growth that replaces harvested or burned virgin forest. as modifier a thicket of second-growth Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir Example sentencesExamples - Our study indicates that dispersal of longleaf pine seeds is greater than prior estimates based on field measurements from second growth forests.
- Thus, in our study area second growth hardwood forest fragments tend to be both fairly old and largely undisturbed until their complete demise.
- Oldfields and second growth bottomland forests predominate throughout the study area.
- Dispersal of seeds from second growth into older forests also can occur, allowing second-growth species to invade forests.
- The future of 7,500-hectares of 80-year-old second growth forest in Maple Ridge is in question.
- More species were detected in second growth than in older forests by both methods.
2A wine considered to be the second-best in quality compared to the first growth (or premier cru) as modifier a second-growth wine was added as a bonus for the group Example sentencesExamples - Instead, however, it can boast five superb second growths, two excellent third growths, four well-maintained fourth growths, and, from the 1980s at least, an unrivalled consistency in wine-making skill.
- Chx Gruaud-Larose and Ducru-Beaucaillou are the other two St-Julien second growths, and produce two of the Médoc's finest wines in most vintages.
Definition of second growth in US English: second growthnoun 1Woodland growth that replaces harvested or burned virgin forest. as modifier a thicket of second-growth Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir Example sentencesExamples - Oldfields and second growth bottomland forests predominate throughout the study area.
- More species were detected in second growth than in older forests by both methods.
- The future of 7,500-hectares of 80-year-old second growth forest in Maple Ridge is in question.
- Dispersal of seeds from second growth into older forests also can occur, allowing second-growth species to invade forests.
- Thus, in our study area second growth hardwood forest fragments tend to be both fairly old and largely undisturbed until their complete demise.
- Our study indicates that dispersal of longleaf pine seeds is greater than prior estimates based on field measurements from second growth forests.
2A wine considered to be the second-best in quality compared to the first growth (or premier cru) as modifier a second-growth wine was added as a bonus for the group Example sentencesExamples - Instead, however, it can boast five superb second growths, two excellent third growths, four well-maintained fourth growths, and, from the 1980s at least, an unrivalled consistency in wine-making skill.
- Chx Gruaud-Larose and Ducru-Beaucaillou are the other two St-Julien second growths, and produce two of the Médoc's finest wines in most vintages.
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