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: copse
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: forest originating mainly from shoots or root suckers rather than seed
an oak coppice
coppiced; coppicing
: to cut back so as to regrow in the form of a coppice
: to form a coppice
specifically, of a tree
: to sprout freely from the base
Examples of coppice in a Sentence
Noun
the deer bounded off into the coppice
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.
—Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
Likewise green peas, which require space, time, and handsome hazel branches from one’s own woodland coppice in order to yield more than a handful.
—Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2020
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Noun
The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.
—Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
Likewise green peas, which require space, time, and handsome hazel branches from one’s own woodland coppice in order to yield more than a handful.
—Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2020
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“Coppice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coppice. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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