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bosket

American  
[bos-kit] / ˈbɒs kɪt /
Or bosquet

noun

  1. a grove; thicket.

bosket British  
/ ˈbɒskɪt /

noun

  1. a clump of small trees or bushes; thicket

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Etymology

Origin of bosket

1730–40; earlier bosquet < French < Italian boschetto, equivalent to bosc ( o ) wood ( bush 1 ) + -etto -et

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I accordingly followed the cross path and came thus into the dark green bosket out of which the erythrina stood towering.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

I spied about, and found that at quite a distance away, near a low bosket of light green, a head covered by a yellow straw hat emerged and vanished again in rhythmical alternation.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

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