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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Damien Gayle

DARK SECRETS: What is nature dictionaries urged to include humans in definition | Rare Historical Photos

A woman sitting on a bench among trees in autumn
The Oxford English Dictionary appears to be the only dictionary that has a definition of nature that mentions humans. Photograph: Andrew Fox/Alamy

It was last year, during a conference at the Eden Project, the botanic garden and conservation centre in Cornwall, that Frieda Gormley first heard the dictionary definition of nature.

The businesswoman and environmental activist was answering questions about her plans to appoint a representative of nature to the board of her company, House of Hackney, when a member of the audience read it out.

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