The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark.
n. A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
v. To manage a wooded area sustainably, as a coppice.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See copse.
v. To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as young timber) so as to produce shoots from stools or roots.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A wood or thicket formed of trees or bushes of small growth, or consisting of underwood or brushwood; especially, in England, a wood cut at certain times for fuel.
Same as copse.
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n. a dense growth of bushes
Word Usage
"While in coppice loud shrilleth and trilleth Hazár,"