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bosquets

noun

plural of bosquet

as in bushes

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush a dense bosquet shields the trailhead from the bridle path

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Noun

Inspired by the discussion, Gaines, who was living on a farm in New Hampshire at the time, devised a survival game using sheep-marking dye pellets, hosting the first iteration in woods on his land in June 1981.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 July 2026
In the clip, a person is seen slowly jogging through a town and in the woods, a field, and other natural settings.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026

Definition of woods

Noun

Behind the story Ituri, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is a remote province of forests, green hills and gold mines where weak state institutions and decades of armed conflict have displaced nearly 900,000 people.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
Healthy soils, wetlands, forests and working ecosystems aren’t just environmental assets.

— Sara Roversi, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of forests

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Jaen city and surrounding Olive groves and trees, Jaen is known as the Olive Oil capital producing around 25% of global supply and over half of Spain's olive oil production.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 July 2026
In the winter of 2021-22, the western monarch community experienced a surge of relief as butterflies once again swarmed to the pine and eucalyptus groves.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of groves

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The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.

— Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026

Definition of copses

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The retaliation works, and soon Cole and his men are marching on foot, scrabbling their way through thickets and swamps.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
These traits alone don’t make this tree invasive, but the trees began cross-pollinating with other pear species, whose offspring create thorny thickets that smother native plants and habitat.

— Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2026

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