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bos·quet

 (bŏs′kĭt)
n.
A small grove; a thicket.

[French, from Italian boschetto, diminutive of bosco, forest, of Germanic origin.]
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bosquet

(ˈbɒskɪt)
n
(Forestry) a variant spelling of bosket
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Bosk, Bosquet, Bosket, Boscage

 a grove or plantation of shrubs or trees, 1737.
Examples: bosk of flowers, 1878; of holly, 1833; of laurel, 1833; of shrubs, 1737; of trees, 1737; of wildernesses, 1847.
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References in classic literature ?
Bosquet, sent me a drawing of a perfect specimen of an unmistakeable sessile cirripede, which he had himself extracted from the chalk of Belgium.
Cette journee sera marquee par une operation de plantation d'arbres dans le bosquet regional, une foire d'exposition des produits issus de la foret, l'organisation d'une A pour recompenser les acteurs et une conference publique sur le theme de la restauration des terres et des forets degradees, a souligne la presidence du Faso dans un communique.
Mirlan Bakirov and the Director General of the Kyrgyz National Association of Pasture Users "Kyrgyz Jayity" met with the Director of the Department of Global Environmental and Natural Practice World Bank resources Benoit Bosquet within the framework of the visit and assistance of on March 28, the parliament reports.
Gilles Bosquet: Middle Eastern cuisine is very popular in the region, and Dubai is home to many great restaurants, with many of them focusing on a specific country of origin.
Capio AB (STO:CAPIO) announced on Wednesday that Arnaud Bosquet, representing Apax Partners, has decided to resign as director from the company's board of directors, effective immediately.
2013 Lussac-Saint Emilion, Les Ormes du Bosquet PS6.49 at Lidl This has been heralded as "affordable claret" - and does indeed offer great value, red wine with soft, smooth, cherry and plum fruit, firm tannin and suggestions of cinnamon.
Which battle in 1854 prompted General Bosquet to say, "It is magnificent, but it is not war: it is madness"?
We previously examined the effect of the lengthening of a high intensity isokinetic fatigue protocol (20 to 50 reciprocal maximal concentric contractions at an angular velocity of 180[degrees] x [s.sup.-1]) on the relative and absolute reliability of fatigue measures (Bosquet et al., 2010).
Antoine Bosquet, director of sales for port cranes at Konecranes, added: "Our business continues to grow in Africa.