coppice

Meanings

Plural: coppices

Noun

a dense growth of bushes
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.

Verb

To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth.
To sprout from the stump.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”).

Synonyms

brush, brushwood, copse, thicket

Scrabble Score: 15

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Words With Friends Score: 19

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