boscage
noun
bos·cage ˈbä-skij 
variants or less commonly boskage
: a growth of trees or shrubs : thicket
Synonyms
- bosk
- bosque
- bosquet
- brake
- brushwood
- chaparral
- coppice
- copse
- covert
- thicket
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English boskage, borrowed from Anglo-French boscage "wood, woodland," from bois, bos "grove, forest, wood (the material)" (Old French also bosc) + -age -age — more at boiserie
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
boscage
noun
variants also boskage
as in bush
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush the land was dotted with tangled boscage that slowed any passage through it Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bush
- forest
- bosquet
- brake
- chaparral
- wood
- tangle
- thicket
- coppice
- brushwood
- canebrake
- jungle
- brush
- covert
- woodland
- bosque
- copse
- bosk
- grove
- stand
- scrub
- greenwood
- hedge
- woodlot
- wildwood
- scrubland
- bramble