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Definition of: copse
(kops) noun
1. A low-growing thicket.
2. Wood gathered from a copse; undergrowth. Also copse′wood′.
—v.t. copsed, cops·ing
1. To clip or turn down, as brushwood.
2. To plant or keep in growth, as underwood.
—v.i.
3. To form a copse; grow up as a copse. [Earlier COPPICE <OF copeiz <coper cut]
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