boscage

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Boscage refers to a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush. It can also be called a thicket, copse, or brushwood. This term describes an area where vegetation is dense and tangled, making passage difficult. Examples include natural growth that slows movement through the land.12

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… normally passed through a planted boscage (a small wood); in the 17th century the boscage was square-trimmed at the sides and on top; later the sides were trained so high that the free-branching trees within the wood were invisible. As architectural gardening became unfashionable in the 18th century, the trimming…
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… normally passed through a planted boscage (a small wood); in the 17th century the boscage was square-trimmed at the sides and on top; later the sides were trained so high that the free-branching trees within the wood were invisible. As architectural gardening became unfashionable in the 18th century, the trimming…
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