| 释义 |
ˈoverstorey
[over- 1 d.]
= over-wood.
1959Ecology XL. 478 The survival and average total height growth of loblolly pine seedlings in Arkansas were best under overstory openings of 43 feet in diameter and larger. 1962A. Fry Ranch on Cariboo xv. 155 A rolling country where the cattle browsed under an overstorey of open timber. 1976Nature 22 Jan. 207/2 It [sc. the cocoa crop] is thus in intimate contact with an overstorey of forest trees and an understorey of ground vegetation. |