"thicketization" meaning in English

See thicketization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From thicket + -ization. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|thicket|-ization|text=+|tree=1}} From thicket + -ization., {{ety|en|:af|thicket|-ization|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teg- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *tégus Proto-Germanic *þekuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī Old English þicce Old English -et Old English þiccet Middle English *thikket English thicket Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English thicketization From thicket + -ization. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} thicketization (uncountable)
  1. (ecology) An increase in the numbers of woody plants in a savanna or similar environment. Tags: uncountable
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