drunken trees
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
By analogy to the stumbling gait of a person who is drunk on alcohol.
Noun[edit]
drunken trees pl (plural only)
- (forestry) (A stand of) trees displaced from their normal vertical alignment, especially due to thermokarst.
- Drunken trees leaning in random directions are often found in spruce forests where discontinuous permafrost has melted.
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Further reading[edit]
drunken trees on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
