coppice
4 synonyms for coppice, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A small wood or group of young trees that is cut back regularly so it can be used for timber or fuel.
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Etymology
It comes from Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz ("a cut-over forest"), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium ("having the quality of being cut"), from *colpāre ("to cut, strike"), from *colpus ("a blow"), from Latin colaphus ("a cuff, box on the ear"), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, "a blow, slap")...
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