copse
Example Sentences
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The trench is in a wooded copse, surrounded by fields, a thick canopy of trees provides cover.
From BBC
Shifa didn’t look convinced but she helped bring in the boat and wedge it under the cliff in a copse of coconut trees.
From Literature
For years, a neighbor’s copse of sweet gums and oaks would filter the afternoon sun into her dining room.
From Seattle Times
Around every bend are tiny rewards - a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.”
From Washington Times
Around every bend are tiny rewards — a copse of trees with the Olympic rings poking out, a tiny reflecting-pool shrine that exhorts people to “remember here those who gave their lives for peace.”
From Seattle Times
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