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See also:BOCAGE (from O. Fr. boscage, See also:Late See also:Lat. boscum, a See also:wood) , a See also:French topographical See also:term applied to several regions of See also:France, the commonest characteristics of which are a See also:granite formation and an undulating or hilly See also:surface, consisting largely of See also:heath or reclaimed See also:land, and dotted with clumps of trees . The most important districts designated by the word are (I) the See also:Bocage of See also:Normandy, which comprises portions of the departments of See also:Calvados, See also:Manche and See also:Orne; (2) the Bocage of See also:Vendee, situated in the departments of Vendee, Deux-Sevres, See also:Maine-et-See also:Loire, and Loire-Inferieure . |
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