WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deforestation n 1: the state of being clear of trees 2: the removal of trees [syn: deforestation, disforestation]The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
deforestationA technique invented by Phil Wadler for eliminating intermediate data structures built and passed between composed functions in function languages. (1997-06-21)