canebrakes

noun

Definition of canebrakesnext
plural of canebrake
as in boskages

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  1. woods
  2. forests
  3. woodlands
Noun
  • Built in 1944 and sitting on more than 2 acres, the home is surrounded by woods and perched on the top of a ridge.
    Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Not that this means that Baldwin is fully out of the legal woods.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of woods
Noun
  • Once exposed, living in fragmented forests close to humans, the monkeys can more easily come into contact with diseases, including human ones.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
  • With its verdant forests, meandering rivers and fertile valleys, Périgord Vert has plenty of lovely places for walks.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of forests
Noun
  • It is inspired by native fungi foraged from the ancient woodlands in the British Cotswolds and captures the fresh feeling one gets when walking in the woods in autumn.
    Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • While mammoths were adapted to cold, open tundras and the grasslands of Europe, North America and Asia during the Ice Age, mastodons were found in woodlands and swampy areas across Central and North America.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of woodlands
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