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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"
cop· pice ˈkä-pəs. Synonyms of coppice. 1. : copse. 2. : forest originating mainly from shoots or root suckers rather than seed. an oak coppice. coppice. 2 of 2. verb. coppiced; coppicing. transitive verb. : to cut back so as to regrow in the form of a coppice. intransitive verb. : to form a 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, a dense grove of small trees or shrubs that have grown from suckers or sprouts rather than from seed. A coppiced plant sends up new shoots, often of similar sizes, that can then be harvested repeatedly for fuel, fencing, weaving, basketry, or other uses.
COPPICE definition: 1. an area of closely planted trees in which the trees are cut back regularly to provide wood: 2…. Learn more.
a thicket or dense growth of small trees or bushes, esp one regularly trimmed back to stumps so that a continual supply of small poles and firewood is obtained.
COPPICE meaning: 1. an area of closely planted trees in which the trees are cut back regularly to provide wood: 2…. Learn more.
cop·pice. n. A thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark. To cut or prune (a tree) in making or maintaining a coppice. To grow as a coppice after cutting.
1. a thicket or dense growth of small trees or bushes, esp one regularly trimmed back to stumps so that a continual supply of small poles and firewood is obtained. verb. 2. (transitive) to trim back (trees or bushes) to form a coppice. 3. (intransitive)
Definitions of coppice. noun. a dense growth of bushes. synonyms: brush, brushwood, copse, thicket. see more. an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant. the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest.
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.)
