woodland

Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.

The woodland creatures ran from the fire.

This species [[[w:Red-bellied Woodpecker|Red-bellied Woodpecker]]] is a very little larger than the red-headed one; and it is more woodland in its manners; seldom appearing in orchards or near houses, but keeping to the tall trees in the close forests.

Having the character of a woodland.

It is a very woodland country, with plenty of grass, but it is too large for four days a-week, and the sport is generally rather indifferent.

[…] understanding that their next fixture was in a very woodland country, and at a distance, I deferred this pleasure to another opportunity.

Land covered with woody vegetation.

Meronym: woodlot

Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, / Here earth and water ſeem to ſtrive again ; / Not Chaos-like together cruſh’d and bruis’d, / But, as the world, harmoniouſly confus’d : / Where order in variety we ſee, / And where, tho’ all things differ, all agree.

Land covered with woody vegetation.

Near-synonym: grove

A surname.