macchia | |
gen. | brush |
el. | shading |
environ. | brushwood |
forestr. | bush; thicket |
industr. construct. | blotch |
life.sc. agric. | maquis |
med. | macula |
nat.sc. agric. | fleck |
stat. commun. el. | stain |
di | |
gen. | of |
sclerofilla | |
health. | sclerophyte |
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brush | |||
shading | |||
brushwood; maquis A low evergreen shrub formation, usually found on siliceous soils in the Mediterranean lands where winter rainfall and summer drought are the characteristic climate features. It consists of a profusion of aromatic species, such as lavender, myrtle, oleander and rosemary and often includes abundant spiny shrubs. It has been suggested that the maquis is a secondary vegetation, occupying the lands cleared of their natural evergreen oak forests by human activity | |||
bush; thicket; macchia; brake | |||
blotch | |||
maquis | |||
macula; macule (macula); dot (macula); stigma; patch; spot (macula) | |||
fleck | |||
blemish | |||
stain | |||
large stain; speck | |||
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spots | |||
marking | |||
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spot | |||
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stained; discoloured | |||
speckled | |||
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stain | |||
spotting |
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