greenwood
Meanings
noun
- A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
- Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.
- Certain half-shrubby species of genista.
name
- A surname.
- A placename
- A place in Canada:
- A part of Greenwood/Greenbriar, Calgary, Alberta.
- A minor city in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
- A village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
- A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- A hamlet in the city of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario.
- A community in Laurentian Valley township, Renfrew County, Ontario.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A locality in Mohave County, Arizona.
- A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle English grene wode (“a forest that is leafed out, a greenwood" also "unseasoned firewood”), equivalent to green + wood.
Derived words
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