dontwakethetrees (she/her)@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoIs there a term for a gathering of trees in an open field?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareIs there a term for a gathering of trees in an open field?dontwakethetrees (she/her)@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoFun fact: when you see a copse of trees like that, there’s a chance there’s an old graveyard there. Not always, of course. Sometimes they are left as a windbreak, and other reasons.
minus-squaremidnight@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·8 months agoSo you’re saying that corpses make copses?
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoHeh, figuratively you could say that. It’s more like the trees are not cleared around the graveyard out of respect for the graves.
Fun fact: when you see a copse of trees like that, there’s a chance there’s an old graveyard there. Not always, of course. Sometimes they are left as a windbreak, and other reasons.
So you’re saying that corpses make copses?
Heh, figuratively you could say that. It’s more like the trees are not cleared around the graveyard out of respect for the graves.