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coppice
coppice
1. A traditional European method of woodland management and wood production, in which shoots are allowed to grow up from the base of a felled tree. Trees are felled in a rotation, commonly of 12–15 years. A coppice may be large, in which case trees, usually ash (Fraxinus) or maple (Acer), are cut, leaving a massive stool from which up to 10 trunks arise; or small, in which case trees, usually hazel (Corylus), hawthorn (Crataegus), or willow (Salix), are cut to leave small, underground stools producing many short stems. The system provides a continuous supply of timber for fuel, fencing, etc., but not structural timber. In Britain, coppicing has largely been abandoned now, except for conservation purposes, since high labour costs and alternative fuels and materials render the practice unprofitable. 2. The smaller trees and bushes that regenerate from cut stumps and occasionally (e.g. in Ulmus species) from root suckering. 3. An area of land in which underwood and timber is or was grown. 4. (copse) Any type of wood in which the shrub layer predominates and is periodically coppiced. 5. The action of cutting coppice. |
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "coppice." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "coppice." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-coppice.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "coppice." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-coppice.html |
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coppice
coppice
1. A traditional European method of woodland management and wood production, in which shoots are allowed to grow up from the base of a felled tree. Trees are felled in a rotation, commonly of 12–15 years. A coppice may be large, in which case trees, usually ash (Fraxinus) or maple (Acer), are cut, leaving a massive stool from which up to 10 trunks arise; or small, in which case trees, usually hazel (Corylus), hawthorn (Crataegus), or willow (Salix), are cut to leave small, underground stools producing many short stems. The system provides a continuous supply of timber for fuel, fencing, etc., but not structural timber. In Britain, coppicing is largely abandoned now, except for conservation purposes, since high labour costs and alternative fuels and materials render the practice unprofitable. 2. The smaller trees and bushes that regenerate from cut stumps and occasionally (e.g. in Ulmus species) from root suckering. 3. An area of land in which underwood and timber is or was grown. 4. (copse) Any type of wood in which the shrub layer predominates and is periodically coppiced. 5. The action of cutting coppice. |
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "coppice." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "coppice." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-coppice.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "coppice." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-coppice.html |
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coppice
cop·pice / ˈkäpəs/ chiefly Brit. • n. an area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are, or formerly were, periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide firewood or timber. • v. [tr.] cut back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth: [as adj.] (coppiced) coppiced timber. |
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"coppice." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "coppice." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-coppice.html "coppice." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-coppice.html |
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coppice
coppice XIV (cop(e)ys). — OF. copeïz :- Rom. *colpātīcium, f. *colpāt-, pp. stem of *colpāre cut (F. couper; see COPE 2).
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T. F. HOAD. "coppice." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "coppice." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-coppice.html T. F. HOAD. "coppice." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-coppice.html |
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moot
moot See coppice stump.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "moot." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "moot." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-moot.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "moot." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-moot.html |
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moot
moot See COPPICE STUMP.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "moot." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "moot." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-moot.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "moot." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-moot.html |
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coppice
coppice
•anise, Janice
•Daphnis • Agnes
•harness, Kiwanis
•Dennis, Ennis, Glenys, menace, tennis, Venice
•feyness, gayness, greyness (US grayness)
•finis, penis
•Glynis, Innes, pinnace
•Widnes • bigness • lychnis • illness
•dimness • hipness
•fitness, witness
•Erinys • iciness
•dryness, flyness, shyness, slyness, wryness
•cornice
•Adonis, Clones, Issigonis
•coyness
•Eunice, Tunis
•Bernice, furnace
•Thespis • precipice • coppice • hospice
•auspice • Serapis
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"coppice." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "coppice." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-coppice.html "coppice." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-coppice.html |
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