garrigue
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- noun
- /ɡəˈriɡ/
- Specialized
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garriga
- A shepherd's hut in the garrigue, now disused—sheep have been farmed in this region of the Mediterranean since the Neolithic era, and the dry stone technique seen here was already in use among these early pastoralists.
Examples
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At that point, those watching from inside the cafe said they thought La Bique was going to pull down his ragged trousers, torn on the rocky paths of a thousand days spent prospecting for snails, game, and asparagus in the garrigue, and literally shit before the assembled tourist commission.
Fiction book (2000) -
He had been dreaming of sheep again, this time of the evening when he led his flock down from the garrigue for the last time and into the sheepfold opposite Armand the soldier's house.
Fiction book (2000) -
He was walking up towards the garrigue with his string bag slung over one shoulder and his shotgun over the other.
Fiction book (2000) -
It was made of the local pierre de Lens, shining white when quarried in the garrigue, turning golden with time and sunlight.
Fiction book (1998) -
Although dense woodland provides ecological niches that are not found in an open garrigue, it also eliminates microhabitats that can make a unique contribution to landscape diversity.
Academic text (1998) -
He had seen her on his way down from the garrigue as he crossed old Daude's vineyards, but when he reached the main road and she stepped out to greet him, he feigned initial surprise.
Fiction book (2000) -
The first Czechoslovakian president, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, a powerful, strong-willed, charismatic, and progressive politician, proposed a comprehensive program of equality for all national groups in the new state.
Blog text (18) -
You know how we all need to encourage tourists to visit the village, and it's for your own benefit too—if you get involved, just think, you could buy your snails from the supermarket instead of having to go rambling across the garrigue like a vagabond collecting them.
Fiction book (2000) -
He told her that the city and the water of the fountain, Font Nemausus, were one single thing; that this closed, walled collection of golden houses with red-tiled roofs in a dustbowl in the garrigue had been built because of the presence of the powerful source.
Fiction book (1998) -
Walking through the garrigue, we inhaled the fresh aroma of wild thyme and rosemary.
Synonyms
A low open area of small shrubs and aromatic herbs on dry rocky Mediterranean hills
How Shrubby
Surface Forms
Etymology
Garrigue comes from the French and Occitan word garriga, which means 'rocky scrub' or 'shrubland'. So garrigue today means the low, dry bushes and aromatic herbs on warm Mediterranean hills, and imagining that dry, fragrant scrub helps you remember the word.