greenwood

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  1. grove
  2. coppice
  3. copse
  4. thicket
Noun
  • The highlight of your weekend will undoubtedly be horseback riding through groves of oaks up to the pancake breakfast.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Many Druids primarily follow their religion alone, but others are members of small practitioner groups commonly referred to as groves.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of grove
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
Definition of coppice
Noun
  • 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
  • His house sits across from what used to be a thick copse of woods.
    — Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of copse
Noun
  • The Last Bison surrounded him with a thicket of acoustic instrumentation, including guitar, banjo, bass, and mandolin, while Fallon, cowboy hat planted firmly on his head, joined the fray with a washboard.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026
  • If this continues, whether as a coordinated effort or a thicket of unilateral measures, the effect on China could be a sudden and sustained shortfall in external demand.
    — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
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