hedgerown.
/ˈhɛdʒrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈhɛdʒˌroʊ/ A row of bushes forming a hedge, with the trees, etc. growing in it; a line of hedge.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > hedge or hedgerow
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a hedge > line of
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940 Charter of Eadmund in Cod. Dipl. VI. 229 Of Stanforde on ðe olde heggerewe on sondermede.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 96 Cherys growyng wylde in the Woods, and Hedgerowes.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Glouc. 350 Made of Apples here grown in hedge-rows.
1769 N. Nicholls Corr. with Gray (1843) 100 There are many fine trees in the hedge-rows.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 281 Rich corn land and meadow, intersected by green hedgerows.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations, as hedgerow-bird, hedgerow-carpenter, hedgerow-elm, hedgerow-oak, hedgerow-shrub, hedgerow-thief, hedgerow-timber, hedgerow-tree.
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1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 32 By Hedge-row Elms, on Hillocks green.
1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 419 Her hedge-row shrubs, a variegated store.
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon v. 115 The common Devonshire plough, made by a hedge-row carpenter.
1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 43 The hedges were of great height, woven about the trunks of hedgerow elms.
1892 A. Birrell Res Judicatæ ii. 48 His family tree..was indeed of the most ordinary hedge-row description.
Derivatives
hedgerowed adj. /ˈhɛdʒrəʊd/ traversed by hedgerows.
/ˈhɛdʒrəʊd/ traversed by hedgerows.ΚΠ
1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 163 That rich and beautifully hedgerowed country.
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