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cop⋅pice

  [kop-is]
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–noun
copse.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME copies < MF copeis, OF copeiz < VL *colpātīcium cutover area, equiv. to *colpāt(us) ptp. of *colpāre to cut (see coup 1 ) + -īcium -ice

Related forms:
coppiced, adjective

copse

  [kops]
–noun
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
Also, coppice.

Origin:
1570–80; alter. of coppice
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cop·pice   (kŏp'ĭs)   
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.

[Old French copeiz; see copse.]
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Word Origin & History

copse 
1578, "small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting," contraction of coppice, from O.Fr. coupeiz "a cut-over forest," from L.L. *colpaticium "having the quality of being cut," from *colpare "to cut, strike," from L.L. colpus "a blow" (see coup).
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coppice

a dense grove of small trees or shrubs that have grown from suckers or sprouts rather than from seed. A coppice usually results from human woodcutting activity and may be maintained by continually cutting new growth as it reaches usable size

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