Hedgerow
//ˈhɛd͡ʒɹəʊ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.
"He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin."
- 2 a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes wordnet
Example
More examples"He walked along the narrow road, pausing to take photos of flowers in the hedgerow."
Etymology
From Middle English heggerowe, heggerewe, heggerawe, from Old English *heċġrāw, *heċġrǣw (attested only as Old English heġerǣwe, heġerēwe (“hedgerow”)), equivalent to hedge + row.
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