BRUSHWOOD

brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket

(noun) a dense growth of bushes

brushwood

(noun) the wood from bushes or small branches; “they built a fire of brushwood”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

brushwood (countable and uncountable, plural brushwoods)

Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.

Small trees and shrubs.

Anagrams

• shrubwood

Source: Wiktionary


Brush"wood, n.

1. Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs.

2. Small branches of trees cut off.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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