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noun
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To sprout from the stump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
a dense growth of bushes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: brush, brushwood, copse, thicket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vegetation, flora, botany
Narrower terms: brake, canebrake, spinney, underbrush, undergrowth, underwood
History
From Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”).
Across languages
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