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单词 bosket
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bosketbosquetn.

/ˈbɒskɪt/
Etymology: 18th cent. < French bosquet , < Italian boschetto , diminutive of bosco wood. See also the earlier forms bushet n., busket n.; and compare bouquet n.
A plantation in a garden, park, etc., of underwood and small trees; a thicket.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > arboretum
bosket1737
pinetum1828
arboretum1838
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 > coppice or grove
hurst822
grove889
wood bough?c1225
wood lay?c1225
wood lind?c1225
wood rise?c1225
spring1396
firth?a1400
berwec1440
spring?c1475
grovet1504
coppice1538
copsewood1543
sherwood1562
hewt1575
copse1578
grove-crop1582
berrie1591
low wood1591
spinney1597
spinet1604
spring wood1607
roughet1616
oart1690
toft1706
under-grove1731
bosket1737
busket1803
1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) Bosquets..are small Compartments of Gardens..form'd of Trees, Shrubs, or tall large growing plants.
1827 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor V. xxiii. 108 Nothing was to be seen but stiff parterres, trim avenues, close bosquets, grottoes, and Chinese bridges.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 316 There are bushes and boskets enough by the river side.
1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. viii. 153 A gravel circle encompassing a bosquet of laurel, laurestinus and holly.
1859 L. Oliphant China & Japan I. xii. 237 Charming little boskets with mossy seats.

Derivatives

boˈsquettish adj.
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1881 Academy No. 491. 252 To him plants become bosquettish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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