Clearing
A clearing was an open space in a forest, free of the trees that dominated the majority of the woodlands.

When Malcolm Reed pursued a Novan through the forest of Terra Nova until he arrived at the entrance to a cave, he passed several clearings. ()

In 2151, a Malurian brought several crates to a small clearing in the forest on the Akaali homeworld by using a cart. He then contacted a Malurian shuttle which transported the crates aboard by using a tractor beam. ()

In 2256, while making a spore jump to the mirror universe, rather than the intended destination of Starbase 46, Paul Stamets said that there was a clearing in the forest. ()

Sometime later, while trapped in the mycelial network, Stamets saw what seemed to be a ghost or vision of his recently murdered partner Doctor Hugh Culber, who told him to get to the clearing. ()

Commanded by Acting Captain Saru, the  spore jumped to the prime universe, because Stamets used the clearing in the mycelial forest to get them there. ()

When Lucien teleported Kirk, Spock, and McCoy to Megas-Tu with his magic powers, they appeared in a clearing in a forest near a city. ()

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