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macchia
English
Etymology
From Corsican machja, related to Italian macchia and French maquis; ultimately from Latin macula. Doublet of macule.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæk.?a/
Noun
macchia (uncountable)
- A shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs.
Related terms
- maquis
Translations
Further reading
- maquis shrubland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mak.kja/
- Rhymes: -akkja
- Hyphenation: màc?chia
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula. Doublet of macula, a borrowing.
Noun
macchia f (plural macchie)
- stain, smear
- spot, fleck
- (figuratively) blot, speck, disgrace
- (figuratively, uncommon) defect, flaw
- Synonyms: difetto, neo
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- macchia1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
A semantic extension of the above.
Noun
macchia f (plural macchie)
- shrub, bush, brake
- macchia (shrubland biota)
- (transferred sense) Generic name for plants commonly found in a macchia
Derived terms
References
- macchia2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
macchia
- inflection of macchiare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- macachi
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fynbos
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans fynbos (“fynbos”), from Afrikaans fyn (“fine”) and bos (“bush”).
Noun
fynbos (uncountable)
- (botany) Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom made up chiefly of Proteaceae, restios and Ericaceae.
- 1992, Reader's Digest, The Great South African Outdoors
- The southern and western Cape is the home of a unique type of vegitation known as fynbos. Covering around 90 000 square kilometers of often harsh terrain, fynbos is made up of approximately 6 000 different plant species.
- 1992, Reader's Digest, The Great South African Outdoors
Related terms
- macchia
- macchie
- maquis
Translations
References
- Reader's Digest: The Great South African Outdoors: Reader's Digest 1992.
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