English Explanatory Dictionary

elfin wood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A collection of trees that survives on poor soil above the tree line, often covered by snow; krummholz.

Word forms

elfin wood elfin woods elfinwood

Etymology

From elfin + wood, circa 1900-05.

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