n. In forestry. See forest, 1.n. In phytogeography, a vegetation composed of woody plants, regarded by Schimper as one of three grand types of climatic formation (compare grass-land, 2, and desert ).n. Land covered with wood, or land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or for timber.n. Synonyms Woods, Park, etc. See forest.Of, peculiar to, or inhabiting the woods; sylvan: as, woodland echoes; woodland songsters.