1Woodland growth that replaces harvested or burned virgin forest.
as modifiera thicket of second-growth Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir
Example sentencesExamples
Our study indicates that dispersal of longleaf pine seeds is greater than prior estimates based on field measurements from second growth forests.
Thus, in our study area second growth hardwood forest fragments tend to be both fairly old and largely undisturbed until their complete demise.
Oldfields and second growth bottomland forests predominate throughout the study area.
Dispersal of seeds from second growth into older forests also can occur, allowing second-growth species to invade forests.
The future of 7,500-hectares of 80-year-old second growth forest in Maple Ridge is in question.
More species were detected in second growth than in older forests by both methods.
2A wine considered to be the second-best in quality compared to the first growth (or premier cru)
as modifiera second-growth wine was added as a bonus for the group
Example sentencesExamples
Instead, however, it can boast five superb second growths, two excellent third growths, four well-maintained fourth growths, and, from the 1980s at least, an unrivalled consistency in wine-making skill.
Chx Gruaud-Larose and Ducru-Beaucaillou are the other two St-Julien second growths, and produce two of the Médoc's finest wines in most vintages.
Definition of second growth in US English:
second growth
noun
1Woodland growth that replaces harvested or burned virgin forest.
as modifiera thicket of second-growth Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir
Example sentencesExamples
Oldfields and second growth bottomland forests predominate throughout the study area.
More species were detected in second growth than in older forests by both methods.
The future of 7,500-hectares of 80-year-old second growth forest in Maple Ridge is in question.
Dispersal of seeds from second growth into older forests also can occur, allowing second-growth species to invade forests.
Thus, in our study area second growth hardwood forest fragments tend to be both fairly old and largely undisturbed until their complete demise.
Our study indicates that dispersal of longleaf pine seeds is greater than prior estimates based on field measurements from second growth forests.
2A wine considered to be the second-best in quality compared to the first growth (or premier cru)
as modifiera second-growth wine was added as a bonus for the group
Example sentencesExamples
Instead, however, it can boast five superb second growths, two excellent third growths, four well-maintained fourth growths, and, from the 1980s at least, an unrivalled consistency in wine-making skill.
Chx Gruaud-Larose and Ducru-Beaucaillou are the other two St-Julien second growths, and produce two of the Médoc's finest wines in most vintages.