thicket

• Fourré dense de buissons, d'arbustes ou de petits arbres, formant souvent une zone enchevêtrée et difficile à traverser.

A dense growth of bushes, shrubs, or small trees, often forming a tangled area.

1. Dense growth of bushesB2formal

   A thick, dense group of bushes, shrubs, or small trees growing close together.

   Fourré dense

   • The rabbit disappeared into the thicket.
   • We had to push our way through a thicket of thorns.
   • A thicket of wild roses grew along the fence.

   Synonymesboskbrakebrushchaparralcoppicecopsegrovescrubspinneyunderbrushundergrowth