thicket
The word thicket is ancient, little changed in sound or spelling from the Old English thiccet, meaning “thick place.” So, thicket is a dense growth of vines, canes, succulents, shrubbery, small trees, impenetrably tangled, almost impassable. Thicket is often a transitional phase of plant succession, between scrub and woodland. It can also be a permanent feature, such as Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas.
~ Charles Frazier, Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape
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