thicket
/ˈθɪkɪt/noun
A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
Example sentence
- “He had to complete a thicket of paperwork before he was allowed to join the company.”
Related words
shrubA woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.orchardA garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.bushA woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.groveA small forest.fernAny of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.woodlandLand covered with woody vegetation.