Greenwood

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡriːnwÊŠd/

Origin

From green + wood.

Full definition of greenwood

Noun

1. A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
• Shakespeare, s:Under the Greenwood Tree, 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.
• 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, We who walk the greenwood do many a wild deed, and the Lady Rowena’s deliverance may be received as an atonement.

Derived terms

• go to the greenwood