coppice

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cop·pice1 /ˈkɒpɪs $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [countableC]

a copse 矮树丛，灌木丛，小树林

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coppice• The second crop was of underwood and coppice, with felling taking place at intervals of seven years or so.• Yet until the 1950s most had been managed as coppice since Norman times.• Much Wealden woodland has been managed as coppice, often in combination with standard trees, principally oak.• The rows of hazel coppice emphasised the atmosphere of decay.• The hazel coppices are particularly favoured by the large Sussex Nightingale population.• Growing alternative crops such as short rotation coppice as energy crops and fibre crops such as flax and hemp showed promise.• There was a scuffle, and then a woman's giggle, among the undergrowth toward the centre of the small coppice.• Give them time, and the rest of the coppice wood would also find a good home.

coppice2 verb [transitiveT]

to cut a tree down so that useful new wood will grow from the bottom 修剪〔树木〕以助长

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