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boscage

[bos-kij] / ˈbɒs kɪdʒ /
NOUN
brush
Synonyms
STRONGEST
scrub thicket
STRONG
bracken brushwood chaparral coppice copse cover dingle fern gorse grove hedge sedge shrubbery spinney undergrowth underwood
NOUN
bush
Synonyms
STRONG
backwoods bramble briar brush chaparral creeper forest hedge hinterland jungle outback plant scrub scrubland shrubbery thicket vine wilderness
WEAK
backcountry the wild
NOUN
copse
Synonyms
STRONG
bosk brushwood coppice thicket
NOUN
jungle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
forest wasteland wood
STRONG
bush chaparral labyrinth maze morass tangle undergrowth web zoo
WEAK
primeval forest
NOUN
shrub
Synonyms
STRONGEST
foliage hedge shrubbery thicket topiary tree
STRONG
brier bush
WEAK
bosket
NOUN
thicket
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clump underbrush
STRONG
bosk brake brush brushwood bush chaparral coppice copse covert grove growth hedge shrubbery wood woods
WEAK
spinny
NOUN
underbrush
Synonyms
STRONGEST
thicket
STRONG
brake brush brushwood bush coppice copse underwood
WEAK
boskage understory
NOUN
undergrowth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
thicket
STRONG
brake brush brushwood bush coppice copse underwood
WEAK
boskage understory
NOUN
woods
Synonyms
STRONG
bosk coppice copse silva thicket woodland

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The journey took 48 hours with a stopover in a Bates-style motel in the one-horse town of Marblemount – the last services for 70 wild miles of boscage and bears.

From The Guardian

Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.

From Project Gutenberg

Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a perfect June night, the heavens a sable pall studded with innumerable star-clusters, the little vagrant breezes redolent of new mown hay, a nightingale singing in a nearby boscage.

From Project Gutenberg

Boscage, bosk′āj, n. thick foliage: woodland.

From Project Gutenberg

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