English
Etymology
From green + wood.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�gri:nw�d/
Noun
en-noun
- A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
#:*Under the greenwood tree / Who loves to lie with me / And tune his merry note / Unto the sweet bird�s throat � / Come hither, come hither, come hither! / Here shall he see / No enemy / But winter and rough weather. � Shakespeare, "s:Under the Greenwood Tree|Under the Greenwood Tree".
#:*1819: �We who walk the greenwood do many a wild deed, and the Lady Rowena�s deliverance may be received as an atonement.� � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
Derived terms
go to the greenwood
ru:greenwood
vi:greenwood
zh:greenwood
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