| boscage | 1. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape. 2. Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood. Origin: OF. Boscage grove, F. Bocage, fr. LL. Boscus, buscus, thicket, wood. See 1st Bush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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