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hedgerow

noun/ˈhɛd͡ʒɹəʊ/

What It Means

A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.

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Hedgerow in Context

“If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the may queen”

— 1971, Led Zeppelin, “Stairway to Heaven”

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From Middle English heggerowe, heggerewe, heggerawe, from Old English *heċġrāw, *heċġrǣw (attested only as Old English heġerǣwe, heġerēwe (“hedgerow”)), equivalent to hedge + row.

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