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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 | |||
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| macula; macule (macula); dot (macula); stigma; patch; spot (macula) | |||
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| large stain; speck | |||
| macchie: 363 phrases in 31 subjects |