Main Entry: ¹cop·pice

Pronunciation: \ˈkä-pəs\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English copies cutover area overgrown with brush, from Middle French copeis, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *colpaticium, from *colpare to cut, from Late Latin colpus blow — more at cope

Date: 1534

1 : a thicket, grove, or growth of small trees
2 : forest originating mainly from shoots or root suckers rather than seed