| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| boscage |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bos·cage |
| PRONUNCIATION: | b s k j |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also bos·kage |
| NOUN: | A mass of trees or shrubs; a thicket. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English boskage, from Old French boscage, from bosc, forest, of Germanic origin.
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