garrigue

• garigue

From French garrigue.

garrigue (countable and uncountable, plural garrigues)

1. A type of low scrubland found on limestone soils in southern France and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 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:

     Pure blackberry, cedar and earthy garrigue aromas.

• phrygana

• garrigue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Occitan garriga.

garrigue f (plural garrigues)

1. garrigue

• chêne des garrigues

• “garrigue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.