COPSING

Verb

copsing

present participle of copse

Anagrams

• copings, scoping

Source: Wiktionary


COPSE

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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ONCHOCERCIASIS

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There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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