browse
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6.8
- noun
- /braʊz/
:
forraje
- Increases in cropland and sisal plantations just beyond park boundaries further limited elephant mobility at the same time as increasing human conflict with elephants that raided farms in search of browse.
- deer browse
- woody browse
- winter browse
Examples
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Land snails live on the surfaces of browse plants favored by deer and moose.
Academic text (2009) -
Aspen provides excellent habitat and browse for many ungulate species, such as elk, deer, and cattle.
Academic text (2002) -
Twenty-five types of greenery, or "browse," were on the list, as well as 18 kinds of cereals or grains.
Academic text (2007) -
Recent surveys in the Missouri Ozarks indicated that browse levels were generally low, with little evidence of impact on seedling populations (Piva and Treimam 2014).
Academic text (2016) -
They remove large volumes of browse material (approximately 25 kilograms dry weight per day) with preferential consumption of balsam fir during winter (Christenson et al. 2010).
Academic text (2012) -
Deer thrive in this region because there is plenty of browse for them to eat.
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During the summer months, the forest is rich with browse, providing nourishment for local wildlife.
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The conservation effort aims to restore the native plants that serve as essential browse for endangered species.
Synonyms
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8.8
Green plants in fields like grass and herbs that grazing animals eat
Surface Forms
Etymology
Browse as a noun comes from the same old word for the leaves and twigs animals eat, that is 'plant food for browsing'. So the noun 'browse' means the shoots and leaves animals pick at and eat.