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bosque.

A gallery forest found growing along a river bank or on the flood plain of a watercourse.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɒsˌkeɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbɑsˌkeɪ/General-American
  1. A gallery forest found growing along a river bank or on the flood plain of a watercourse.

    Southwestern · US
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish bosque (“forest”), from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busc (compare Middle Dutch busch), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”); perhaps also influenced by bosk. The word is a doublet of bush.

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