garrigue
Noun

garrigue

  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 Translations
  • Italian: gariga
  • Russian: гарри́га



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