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COPSE
brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket
(noun) a dense growth of bushes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
copse (plural copses)
A thicket of small trees or shrubs.
Synonyms
• coppice
Verb
copse (third-person singular simple present copses, present participle copsing, simple past and past participle copsed)
(transitive, horticulture) To trim or cut.
(transitive, horticulture) To plant and preserve.
Anagrams
• -scope, OPSEC, Pecos, copes, scope, ÎĽ-scope, ÎĽscope
Source: Wiktionary
Copse, n. Etym: [Contr. from coppice.]
Definition: A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice. Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith.
Copse, v. t.
1. To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc. Halliwell.
2. To plant and preserve, as a copse. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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