adjective
- damaged by excessive browsing by animals, especially livestock or wildlife
Usage: ecology; agriculture
Examples
- The overbrowsed meadow showed signs of severe vegetation damage.
- Park rangers moved the deer to prevent the area from becoming overbrowsed.
- Overbrowsed shrubs struggled to regenerate after years of heavy grazing.
- The forest understory was overbrowsed by the expanding elk population.
- Scientists studied the overbrowsed landscape to assess ecological impact.
- Fencing was installed to protect overbrowsed native plants.