thicket

UK: /ˈθɪkɪt/ US: /ˈθɪkɪt/ ,(thik′it)

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thick•et /ˈθɪkɪt/   n. [countable]

1. Botany a dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees.

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thick•et  (thik′it), n. 

1. Botany a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees;
   a thick coppice.

• Old English thiccet (not recorded in Middle English), equivalent. to thicce thick + -et noun, nominal suffix bef. 1000

thick′et•ed, thick′et•y, adj. 

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thicket / ˈθɪkɪt/ noun

1. a dense growth of small trees, shrubs, and similar plants

Etymology: Old English thiccet; see thick