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hedgelike en · ADJ

Etymology

From hedge + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling a hedge.
   • Among the most intriguing textures is the ethereal Skimmia, which is arranged in a hedgelike mass. 2005, Shelley Urban, 101 Silk and Dried Designs:
   • And suddenly he found himself pushing head foremost into a hedgelike thicket of brush and stopped weakly. "One of those damn islands," mumbled Higgins. 1920, Henry Oyen, The Plunderer:
   • Except for the lanterns at the serving tables, dimly to be seen through a dense hedgelike growth of Kalmia latifolia, there were no other lights... 1912, Gouverneur Morris, It, and Other Stories:

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