The preservation of forage plant materials to provide feed for livestock at a time after the primary period of growth of these plants. (Gallaher, R.N., and W.D. Pitman. 2001. Conservation of forages in the tropics and subtropics. p. 233-250. In A. Sotomayor-Rios and W.D. Pitman (ed.) Tropical forage plants: Development and use. CRC Press, London.)
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. (Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
