elfin wood

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elfin wood

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From elfin + wood, circa 1900-05.

noun elfin woods · elfinwood

A collection of trees that survives on poor soil above the tree line, often covered by snow; krummholz.

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noun krummholz/trees

Deutsch	Krummholz

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@misc{elfin_wood_2026,
  title = {elfin wood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elfin%20wood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}