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hedge A line of closely planted bushes or shrubs, marking the boundaries of a field. The type of hedge varies between parts of the country, and its age can be dated from the number of species of tree and shrub present. Over the last thirty years hedge-row removal has had a marked visual effect on lowland agricultural landscapes. From the farmer's point of view, in areas of predominant arable or intensively managed grazing, there is little or no economic justification for retaining hedges [heʤ] adj. | |
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merriam-webster.com); a calculatedly noncommittal or evasive statement (...bureaucratic literature … festooned with hedges and qualifications