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   Cop·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"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French copeiz, based on medieval Latin colpus ‘a blow’ (see cope1). Compare with copse.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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