The Chinese word **树丛 (shùcóng)**, meaning "thicket" or "grove," is formed through a standard **modifier-head compound** structure common in the language. It combines the character **树 (shù)**, meaning "tree," with the character **丛 (cóng)**, meaning "cluster," "thicket," or "collection." In this construction, the first character **树** acts as a modifier specifying the type of cluster, while the second character **丛** acts as the semantic head, defining the core concept of a dense grouping. Thus, the compound logically means "a cluster/thicket *of trees*."