coppices's Usage Examples:

It is commonly found in hedges and coppices, and as an undergrowth in woods, and reaches a height of some 12 ft.

It is an abundant tree in the northern parts of Britain, even as far as Sutherland, and is occasionally found in the coppices of the southern counties, but in these latter habitats seldom reaches any large size; throughout northern Europe it abounds in the forests, - in Lapland flourishing even in 70 0 N.

To secure these conditions free exposure to light and air is requisite; but in the case of coppices and woods, or where long straight spars are needed by the forester, plants are allowed to grow thickly so as to ensure development in an upward rather than in a lateral direction.

coppices of cork oak trees with their oddly blackened trunks.

Synonyms:

copse, spinney, underbrush, flora, canebrake, brush, botany, vegetation, underwood, undergrowth, brake, thicket, brushwood,

Antonyms:

dirty, stand still, nondevelopment, start, fauna,