as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
a small copse of trees shaded the back of the house
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Recent Examples of copse
In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.
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Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Pawpaw clusters are identical clones The trees spread out through root shoots, so a stand of trees will likely be genetically similar, which means one copse relies on insects to carry pollen over from a genetically different copse.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2023
Most days, he can be found outside, smoking and pacing in a copse of trees right next to the hotel entrance.
—Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
The path climbs past copses of mountain hemlocks and red firs, and through alpine meadows dotted with wildflowers in the spring and summer.
—Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
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Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Pawpaw clusters are identical clones The trees spread out through root shoots, so a stand of trees will likely be genetically similar, which means one copse relies on insects to carry pollen over from a genetically different copse.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2023
Most days, he can be found outside, smoking and pacing in a copse of trees right next to the hotel entrance.
—Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
The path climbs past copses of mountain hemlocks and red firs, and through alpine meadows dotted with wildflowers in the spring and summer.
—Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copse
Noun
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The groves in which these trees are grown are also integral to the Mediterranean landscape, supporting biodiversity and local economies.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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These early quirky roadside attractions of the 40s and 50s included things like Cypress Gardens, citrus grove viewing towers, and zoos.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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If in a forest, stay close to lower trees.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
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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
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Patent thickets are when manufacturers file multiple patents on one product to forestall generic competition.—
Victoria Knight,
Axios,
3 Apr. 2025
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In the early days of graphic methods in statistics and the sciences, charts and graphs were meant to be efficient, clearing a thicket of abundant information in the heyday of print.—
Mara Mills,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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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
Noun
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Wildfires are part of the life cycle of forests and the chaparral, which burn with regularity to regenerate themselves and have occurred long before humans populated the Golden State.—
Hugo A Loaiciga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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Within a few hours, what started as a small fire in the chaparral quickly spread to homes built at the edge of the wildlands, many of them big, expensive homes with nice views that had been built by people who wanted to be close to nature or wanted some buffer from the chaos of urban life.—
Jeff Goodell,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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By Lila Seidman Staff Writer Follow April 5, 2025 3 AM PT Poodle-dog bush, a pretty but dangerous plant, is growing in parts of the Angeles National Forest hit by recent wildfires.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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The geckos come out at night – so the team also goes trekking in the dark with flashlights to look for geckos perched on leaves and bushes.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman, who endorsed Trump last year, called on Trump over the weekend to hit the brakes on implementing tariffs for at least 90 days.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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The incident occurred after Larson applied the brakes suddenly upon seeing Tyler Reddick hit the wall.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Copse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copse. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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