Definition of "afforesting" []

• Present participle of afforest. (verb)

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• "Alien organisms pose a threat to the ecoregion, chiefly in the form of exotic timber trees of the genera Pinus and Eucalyptus, which have been used in afforesting montane grasslands."
• "Yet large sums are being expended in draining marshy tracts, regulating river-beds and afforesting bare spaces; and if you are interested in such works, you will do well to see what is going on at Metaponto at this moment."
• "And even now I hear my fellows speaking confidently of the re-afforesting of the Black"