: a row of shrubs or trees enclosing or separating fields
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The property uses timber from their own trees for firewood, and plants at least 200 trees, plants, hedgerows, and wildflowers every year.—Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2025 Sustainable practices the conservation district hopes to push are cover cropping, composting and hedgerow installations.—Olivia Cyrus, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2025 Has energy and depth, and those comforting notes of English hedgerow.—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 Gracie suddenly broke stride, turned slightly closer to the hedgerow, and froze.—H. R. Temple, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hedgerow
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hedgerow was
before the 12th century
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