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boscage

American  
[bos-kij] / ˈbɒs kɪdʒ /
Or boskage

noun

  1. a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket.

boscage British  
/ ˈbɒskɪdʒ /

noun

  1. literary a mass of trees and shrubs; thicket

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Etymology

Origin of boscage

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

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The journey took 48 hours with a stopover in a Bates-style motel in the one-horse town of Marblemount – the last services for 70 wild miles of boscage and bears.

From The Guardian

Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.

From Project Gutenberg

Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a perfect June night, the heavens a sable pall studded with innumerable star-clusters, the little vagrant breezes redolent of new mown hay, a nightingale singing in a nearby boscage.

From Project Gutenberg

Boscage, bosk′āj, n. thick foliage: woodland.

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