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Boscage

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bos⋅cage

  [bos-kij]
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–noun
a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket.
Also, boskage.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME boskage < MF boscage. See bosk, -age
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bos·cage also bos·kage   (bŏs'kĭj)   
n.  A mass of trees or shrubs; a thicket.

[Middle English boskage, from Old French boscage, from bosc, forest, of Germanic origin.]
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