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A thicket; a small wood or grove.

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  1. n. A thicket; a small wood or grove.
  2. n. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.
  3. 1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Burns. Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. Chaucer. The green shaws, the merry green woods. Howitt. 2. pl. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.
  4. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips,etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.
  5. n. United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004) n. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885) n. United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)