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单词 boscage
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boscage


bos·cage

also bos·kage B0407200 (bŏs′kĭj)n. A mass of trees or shrubs; a thicket.
[Middle English boskage, from Old French boscage, from bosc, forest, of Germanic origin.]

boscage

(ˈbɒskɪdʒ) or

boskage

nliterary a mass of trees and shrubs; thicket[C14: from Old French bosc, probably of Germanic origin; see bush1, -age]

bos•cage

or bos•kage

(ˈbɒs kɪdʒ)

n. a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket. [1350–1400; Middle English boskage < Middle French boscage. See bosk]

boscage

- A mass of growing trees or shrubs—or a depiction of a wooded landscape.See also related terms for shrubs.

Bosk, Bosquet, Bosket, Boscage

 a grove or plantation of shrubs or trees, 1737.Examples: bosk of flowers, 1878; of holly, 1833; of laurel, 1833; of shrubs, 1737; of trees, 1737; of wildernesses, 1847.
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Boscage


BOSCAGE, Eng. law. That food which wood and trees yield to cattle.

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