Boscage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A mass of trees or shrubs; a thicket.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
  • n. Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle.
  • n. Among painters, the term is used for a picture depicting a wooded scene.
  • n. A tax on wood.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.
  • n. Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A mass of growing trees or shrubs; woods, groves, or thickets; sylvan scenery.
  • n. In old law, probably, food or sustenance for cattle which is yielded by bushes and trees.
  • Word Usage
    "They had not gone far into the wood; Schilsky knew of a secluded seat, which was screened by a kind of boscage; and here they had remained."
    Cross Reference
    bocage   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    underwood    thicket   
    Same Context
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