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scrubland

English

Etymology

scrub +? land

Noun

scrubland (countable and uncountable, plural scrublands)

  1. A plant community characterized by scrub vegetation, consisting of low shrubs, mixed with grasses, herbs, and geophytes.
    The scrubland I'd be crossing looked desolate, but at least it wasn't a desert.

Synonyms

  • heathland

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garrigue

English

Alternative forms

  • garigue

Etymology

From French garrigue.

Noun

garrigue (countable and uncountable, plural garrigues)

  1. A type of low scrubland found on limestone soils in southern France and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin.
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 246:
      Far away, on the stony garrigues by the fading light of the harvest moon one could hear the musical calling of wolves.

Synonyms

  • phrygana

Translations

See also

  • garrigue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Occitan garriga.

Noun

garrigue f (plural garrigues)

  1. garrigue

Derived terms

  • chêne des garrigues

Further reading

  • “garrigue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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