as in copse
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
the deer bounded off into the coppice
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Recent Examples of coppice
The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.
—Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
Likewise green peas, which require space, time, and handsome hazel branches from one’s own woodland coppice in order to yield more than a handful.
—Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2020
Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.
—Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
Likewise green peas, which require space, time, and handsome hazel branches from one’s own woodland coppice in order to yield more than a handful.
—Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coppice
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The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
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In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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There is a primordial quality to the woods that oscillates between cacophonous forest chatter and eerie silence in the space of a ridge or two.Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 2 Jan. 2025
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One of them, on July 12, is a daylong retreat in the forest in Topanga.Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Woodlots offered concealment from surveillance and attack, and the dirt surrounding this grove was scuffed by foot trails, suggesting Russian arrivals by night.C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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California’s agricultural heartlands are often eclipsed by their snazzier coastal counterparts, but pause to consider a trip to the Central Valley, home to some of America’s finest farmland—and in particular, almond groves.Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
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Traveling there is like flooring it through a thicket of life-threatening risks: Jets, drones and artillery can quickly annihilate an armored vehicle.Gaëlle Girbes, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Any new leadership will inherit not just a broken state but also a thicket of challenges that defy simple solutions.Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
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Therapy can help kids put the brakes on the internal thoughts that lead to avoidance, plus teach them to communicate in healthier ways.Christin Perry, Parents, 6 Jan. 2025
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This could tap the brakes on some aspects of the initiative while complicating American technology flow to India in areas, like AI, where his team is focused on enhancing U.S. competitive strengths, not co-innovation with foreign partners.Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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The forecast called for an all-out windstorm by midday over chaparral that hadn’t seen rain for eight months.Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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But in this part of the semi-arid chaparral called Los Angeles, fire season can now be any time.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
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The kitchen features natural wood custom cabinetry, stone counters and open shelving.Lana Bortolot, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Using shingles, or small wood pieces installed in an overlapping rhythm, was a less costly and easier-to-maintain option than clapboard and other cladding options of the time.Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Coppice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coppice. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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