garrigue
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French garrigue, from Occitan.
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Noun[edit]
garrigue (countable and uncountable, plural garrigues)
- A type of low scrubland found on limestone soils in southern France and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin.
- Synonym: (Greece) phrygana
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 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.
Translations[edit]
vegetation
Further reading[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Occitan garriga, perhaps from a pre-Roman *carra (“stone”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
garrigue f (plural garrigues)
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References[edit]
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*carra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 411
Further reading[edit]
- “garrigue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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