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"woodland" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often sylvan (6 letters).
Definitions
land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Word origin
From Middle English wodeland, wodelond, from Old English wuduland (“woodland; forestland; forest”), equivalent to wood + land. Compare West Frisian wâldlân, Dutch bosland, German Waldland, Icelandic skóglendi.
Used in a sentence
“The woodland creatures ran from the fire.”
“The genera Philomela and Curruca, as we previously observed, are very closely allied to each other, both are woodland in their habits, and both possess great melody of song.”
“It is a very woodland country, with plenty of grass, but it is too large for four days a-week, and the sport is generally rather indifferent.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Forested tract”8 letters
02“Forested area”8 letters
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