drunken trees en · NOUN
Etymology
By analogy to the lean of a person who is drunk on alcohol.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) (A stand of) trees displaced from their normal vertical alignment, especially due to the melting of the permafrost ground they are on (thermokarst).
Drunken trees leaning in random directions are often found in spruce forests where discontinuous permafrost has melted.