bosje

Definitions of bosje
  1. noun
    a dense growth of bushes
    synonyms: bosschage, haagbos, heg, vulhout
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    types:
    rietveld
    a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane)
    ondergroei
    the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
    bodembedekking, ondergroei
    small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor
    type of:
    flora, gewas, planteleven, plantengroei, plantenleven, plantenrijk, plantenwereld, vegetatie
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
  2. noun
    a small growth of trees without underbrush
    synonyms: bosschage
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    type of:
    bebossing, bos, foreest, houtblazer, houtblazers, woud
    the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
  3. noun
    a grouping of a number of similar things
    synonyms: bos, cluster, kap, tros
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    examples:
    Zevenster
    a star cluster in the constellation Taurus
    types:
    dot, nop, pol
    a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
    heksenbezem
    an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance
    coma
    (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
  4. noun
    the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
    synonyms: bebossing, bos, foreest, houtblazer, houtblazers, woud
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    types:
    bosschage
    a small growth of trees without underbrush
    regenwoud
    a forest with heavy annual rainfall
    type of:
    flora, gewas, planteleven, plantengroei, plantenleven, plantenrijk, plantenwereld, vegetatie
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
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