hedgerow

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hedgerow

/ˈhɛd͡ʒɹəʊ/

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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.

noun hedgerows

A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge. He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.

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noun a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge

Español	seto
Français	haie
Deutsch	Hecke

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@misc{hedgerow_2026,
  title = {hedgerow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hedgerow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}