noun
- A small wood or thicket; a clump of trees or bushes.
Usage: Chiefly used in southwestern U.S. and Spanish-speaking regions; Often refers to dense vegetation along a river or stream
Examples
- The hikers rested in the shade of a small bosque near the trail.
- Along the Rio Grande, dense bosques provide habitat for wildlife.
- We found a bosque of cottonwood trees by the riverbank.
- The bosque offered shelter from the desert heat.
- Native plants thrived in the protected bosque ecosystem.