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| 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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macchie : 363 phrases in 31 subjects |