boscage

or bos·kage

[ bos-kij ]
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noun
  1. a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket.

Origin of boscage

1
1350–1400; Middle English boskage<Middle French boscage.See bosk, -age

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British Dictionary definitions for boscage

boscage

boskage

/ (ˈbɒskɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. literary a mass of trees and shrubs; thicket

Origin of boscage

1
C14: from Old French bosc, probably of Germanic origin; see bush 1, -age

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