was wotd|2006|September|5
English

Etymology
From Latin nemus|nemus, nemor- �grove�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�n�m�r�s/
audio|en-us-nemorous.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

1. rare forested|Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.

#:*1889: Even Paradise itself, says Evelyn, was but a kind of �nemorous temple or sacred grove,� planted by God himself � Thomas Thisleton-Dyer, The Folk Lore of Plants (Kessinger 2004, p. 22)

Synonyms
forested
wooded

Related terms
top2
nemoral
nemorivagant
mid2
nemorose
nemorosity

Translations

French: boisé
mid

See also
sylvan

ru:nemorous

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