1. 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.