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.

   • 2009 August 29, Gord Stimmell, “Off ice, the Great One delivers Niagara terroir”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     Pure blackberry, cedar and earthy garrigue aromas.

Synonyms

• phrygana

Translations

vegetation

• Catalan: garriga f
• Greek: φρύγανα (el) n pl (frýgana)
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• Italian: gariga f
• Russian: гарри́га (ru) f (garríga)

See also

• garrigue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.