coppice
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noun \ˈkä-pəs\Definition of COPPICE
1
: a thicket, grove, or growth of small trees
2
: forest originating mainly from shoots or root suckers rather than seed
See Examples of COPPICE
- <the deer bounded off into the coppice>
Origin of COPPICE
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
First Known Use: 1534
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2coppice
verbcop·picedcop·pic·ing
Definition of COPPICE
transitive verb
: to cut back so as to regrow in the form of a coppice
intransitive verb
: to form a coppice; specifically of a tree : to sprout freely from the base
First Known Use of COPPICE
1538
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