forest floor

noun

: the richly organic layer of soil and debris characteristic of forested land

Examples of forest floor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The trees also provided a habitat for invertebrates living on the forest floor thanks to the twigs that would drop on the ground. Jack Guy, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024 There is a silky mouthfeel and a typical nose of Pinot of leather and forest floor. Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024 The restock includes the original black and forest floor colors alongside a new vanilla hue. Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024 Deep garnet in the glass, this intriguing wine has aromas of bell pepper, black raspberry, and red plum with flavors of red cassis, black plum, and just a touch of forest floor in the complex finish. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024 Mushrooms are abundant on the forest floor during monsoon season, when Mr. Lohit and his friends found the frog, said Sonali Garg, a herpetologist at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard who was not involved with the finding. Jude Coleman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024 Near a waterfall in southern India, a pregnant creature navigated through the dry leaves on the forest floor. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2024 Scents of new needles on trees and forest floor transport gin connoisseurs to the spirit’s place of origin: a vast, green Oregonian woodland. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 That’s when the fire creeps across on the bottom of the forest floor, cleaning up some old leaf litter. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of forest floor was in 1849

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“Forest floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forest%20floor. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

forest floor

noun
: the upper layer of mixed soil and decayed or decaying organic material typical of forested land
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