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grovet

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Etymology

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From grove +‎ -et.

Noun

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grovet (plural grovets)

  1. (obsolete) A little grove.
    • 1811, Ben Jonson, The Dramatic Works: Embellished with Portraits, volume 4, page 571:
      At the entrance of the king, the first traverse was drawn, and the lower descent of the mountain discovered, which was the pendant of a hill to life, with divers boscages and grovets upon the steep or hanging grounds thereof.