greenwood /ˈɡɹiːnwʊd/ noun3 •A forest in full leaf, as in summer.Within a greenewood sweet of mirtle sauor, when as the earth was with fayre flowers reuested, I saw a shepherd, with his Nymph that rested, […] — 1588 •Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.For the Spleene. 58 R. Ashen keyes, and the Greenewood, burne them, & make Lye of the Ashes: […] — 1640 •Certain half-shrubby species of genista. formsgreenwoods