fynbos

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans fynbos (“fynbos”), from fyn (“fine”) and bos (“bush”).

Noun

fynbos (uncountable)

1. (botany) Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, made up chiefly of Proteaceae, restios, and Ericaceae.
   • 1992, Reader's Digest, The Great South African Outdoors:

     The southern and western Cape is the home of a unique type of vegitation known as fynbos. Covering around 90 000 square kilometers of often harsh terrain, fynbos is made up of approximately 6 000 different plant species.

Related terms

• macchia
• macchie
• maquis

Translations

fynbos

• Afrikaans: fynbos
• Arabic: فنبوس
• Catalan: fynbos m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凡波斯

• Dutch: fijnbos n, fynbos
• Esperanto: finboso
• Finnish: fynbos (fi)
• French: fynbos (fr) m, finbos (fr) m
• German: Fynbos n
• Hindi: केप फ्लोरल संरक्षित क्षेत्र (kep phloral sanrakṣit kṣetra)
• Italian: fynbos
• Japanese: フィンボス
• Norwegian: fynbos
• Polish: fynbos
• Russian: финбош m (finboš)
• Spanish: fynbos (es) m
• Swedish: fynbos
• Turkish: fynbos

References

• Reader's Digest: The Great South African Outdoors: Reader's Digest 1992.