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A forest that quit growing early, all the trees but none of the ambition.
means A small group of trees or thicket of shrubs, often deliberately managed for periodic cutting.
from Shortened from coppice, via Old French copeiz, from Latin colpus, a blow — a wood made for chopping.
Built to cutCoppiced trees regrow from stumps for centuries.
Not a corpseOne letter from a body in the woods.
Size mattersBigger than a thicket, smaller than a wood.