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Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management which takes advantage of the fact that many trees make new growth from the stump or roots if cut down. In a coppiced wood, which is called a copse , young tree stems are repeatedly cut down to near ...

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vb. (present participle of coppice English)

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Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coppiced (k[o^]p"p[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Coppicing (k[o^]p"p[i^]*s[i^]ng).] (Forestry) To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as young timber) so as to produce shoots from stools ...