garrigue
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French garrigue, from Occitan.
Pronunciation edit
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.