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- DictionaryCop·pice/ˈkäpəs/
noun
- 1. an area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are, or formerly were, periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide firewood or timber: "coppices of oak were cultivated"
verb
- 1. cut back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth: "the company began to coppice the woodland for conservation purposes"
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Coppice is a noun that means a thicket, grove, or growth of small trees, or a verb that means to cut back or sprout from the base. Learn more about the origin, synonyms, examples, and word history of coppice.
Coppicing / ˈkɒpɪsɪŋ / is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a stump, which in many species encourages new shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the tree.
Coppice is a dense grove of small trees or shrubs that regrow from suckers or sprouts after cutting. Learn how coppicing is a gardening or woodland management technique, and how it differs from clear-cutting, a form of deforestation.
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Coppice is a noun or verb that refers to cutting trees or bushes back to form a small, closely planted area. Learn more about the meaning, usage and pronunciation of coppice with examples and translations in different languages.
Coppice definition: copse. . See examples of COPPICE used in a sentence.
A small wood; a group of trees affording shade or forming avenues or walks, occurring naturally or planted for a special purpose. hurst Old English–. A grove of trees; a copse; a wood; a wooded eminence. (The last variety of sense, found in modern dialects, may be the primary one.)
Coppice is a noun or verb that refers to cutting trees or bushes back to form a small, closely planted area. Learn how to use coppice in sentences, see examples from literature and find translations in different languages.
