: a row of shrubs or trees enclosing or separating fields
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Syrupy aromas that include a spring hedgerow and its fruit of wild strawberries, as well as black currant juice.—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025 When the birds hooked over the corn or hedgerow, all the hunters stood up with their 10 gauges and shot them straight up.—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2023 Sweeping, beautiful countryside rolls hill by hill in every direction, split into grids by natural hedgerows or manmade walls with the overgrown brickwork of an old country cottage.—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025 Along the other side of the approach, Lauren conceived a rambling hedgerow thicket and conduit for wildlife anchored with birch cultivars and native wildflowers.—Sara James Mnookin, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hedgerow
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hedgerow was
before the 12th century
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