Definitions

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  • noun dated A thicket; a small wood or grove.
  • noun Scotland The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.

Etymologies

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Old English sceaga, scaga. Cognate with Old Norse skógr ("forest, wood"), whence Danish skov ("forest").

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  • Fair enough that he decided not to go with George Bernard Turnip Leaves.

    August 6, 2021