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- adjective Resembling a
hedge .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Zigzagging dense lines of hedgelike growths, almost black, seemed to follow concealed watercourses.
The Complete Federation Of The Hub Schmitz, James H. 2000
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My balding was occurring behind my hedgelike front hairline.
THE EXTRA MAN JONATHAN AMES 1998
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He dug into his pocket for his house keys while Laurey, still looking a bit grim, paused to look at the hedgelike bush, festooned with orange and yellow flowers, that grew beside the steps.
Gage Butler's Reckoning Davis, Justine 1998
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And suddenly he found himself pushing head foremost into a hedgelike thicket of brush and stopped weakly.
The Plunderer Henry Oyen 1902
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a dense hedgelike growth of Kalmia latifolia, there were no other lights in the hollow; so that the dinner-table had the effect of standing in a cave; for where the gleam of the candles ended, the surrounding darkness appeared solid like a wall.
It, and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris 1914
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