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Recent Examples of canebrake
This is rural Richland Parish, once a floodplain tangled with meandering bayous and wild canebrake where black bears still wander and a quarter of the 20,000 residents live below the poverty line.
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Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Extinguishing their patrol lights and flipping on their headlamps, the Slaughterhouse men patrolled the canals with shotguns cocked, leaping from the boat to grab their dead and pursue their wounded through the canebrake.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Of the 46 species of snakes known in Georgia, only six are venomous: copperhead, cottonmouth, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, timber/canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake and Eastern coral snake.
—Nancy Clanton, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023
According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, the timber rattlesnake — also called the American viper, black rattlesnake, eastern rattlesnake, timber rattler and canebrake — is a large pit viper with a wide distribution across the eastern half of the U.S.
—Muri Assuncao New York Daily News (tns), al, 14 Aug. 2022
The forest hid behind pioneer vegetation, the same canebrakes and cecropia trees over and over.
—Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin.
—Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Extinguishing their patrol lights and flipping on their headlamps, the Slaughterhouse men patrolled the canals with shotguns cocked, leaping from the boat to grab their dead and pursue their wounded through the canebrake.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Of the 46 species of snakes known in Georgia, only six are venomous: copperhead, cottonmouth, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, timber/canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake and Eastern coral snake.
—Nancy Clanton, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023
According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, the timber rattlesnake — also called the American viper, black rattlesnake, eastern rattlesnake, timber rattler and canebrake — is a large pit viper with a wide distribution across the eastern half of the U.S.
—Muri Assuncao New York Daily News (tns), al, 14 Aug. 2022
The forest hid behind pioneer vegetation, the same canebrakes and cecropia trees over and over.
—Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin.
—Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canebrake
Noun
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The tracks of Eastern cottontail are also a common sight — especially near thickets of chokecherry, elderberry and other bushes that provide safe shelter.—
Susan Koch,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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But anyone willing to consider the thicket of fears, affections and recriminations that grows through the cracks of a long relationship will find in these pages an almost unbearable tenderness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Eaton fire ripped through the Rubio Canyon Preserve, seriously damaging the canyon’s chaparral, coast sage scrub and riparian habitats.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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That’s because well-off Angelenos tend to live on mountains and hillsides and in canyons that are covered in highly flammable chaparral, which are an excellent breeding ground for rapidly spreading fires, driven by Santa Ana winds of up to 100 mph.—
Todd Longwell,
Variety,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.—
Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.—
Azera Parveen Rahman,
Quartz,
27 Oct. 2022
Noun
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If in a forest, stay close to lower trees.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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There are rolling hills, sandstone outcroppings and dense forests of oak, mesquite and elm trees.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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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
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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
Noun
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Except for two copses of skyscrapers in which our financiers—and finances—go up and down, London remains a fairly horizontal city.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Aquitaine countryside unfolds in a collage of khaki, tan, and green, dotted with little ponds and copses of trees.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Along the sides, six-spoke wheels and yellow brake calipers stand out, while the four-door layout is carefully integrated into the flowing roofline.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Children’s book protagonist Anna (Glaser) bids her woodland creatures goodbye with gifts.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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Southern magnolia is native to moist woodlands and bottomlands along the coastal plains where the seeds are eaten by birds and other wildlife.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Canebrake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canebrake. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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