hedgerow

noun

Etymology: From Middle English heggerowe, heggerewe, heggerawe, from Old English *heċġrāw, *heċġrǣw (attested only as Old English heġerǣwe, heġerēwe (“hedgerow”)), equivalent to hedge + row.

1. A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.

   “He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin.”

   “If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the may queen”