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garrigue.

Noun
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MEANING

Low, relatively open Mediterranean scrub, often on rocky limestone ground.

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  • rocky garrigue
  • Mediterranean garrigue

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Thyme scented the rocky garrigue.
Open garrigue covered the slope above the village.

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Primary category: environment. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural garrigues for distinct areas. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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