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Thicket

A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.

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Botany 76% connected

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which…

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Flora 76% connected

The goddess of flowers and spring.

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Vegetation 76% connected

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

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Narrower term 6

Brake 76% connected

imp. of Break.

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Canebrake 76% connected

A thicket of canes.

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Spinney 76% connected

Same as Spinny.

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Underbrush 76% connected

Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.

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Undergrowth 76% connected

That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees.

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Underwood 76% connected

Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.

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Synonym 4

Brush 92% connected

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Brushwood 92% connected

Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Coppice 92% connected

A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Copse 92% connected

A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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