nemorous

adj

nemorous

adj

/ˈnɛməɹəs/

Etymology From Latin nemus (“grove”).

1

Rare Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.

  • Even Paradise itself, says Evelyn, was but a kind of ‘nemorous temple or sacred grove,’ planted by God himself.1889, Thomas Thisleton-Dyer, The Folk Lore of Plants, Kessinger 2004 edition, page 22:
Synonyms
forested, wooded
Related terms
nemoral, nemorose, nemorosity, sylvan

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