caatingan.
/ˈkɑːtɪŋɡə/ In Brazil, a forest consisting of thorny shrubs and stunted trees.
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maquis1829
motte1844
amber forest1846
caatinga1846
native bush1853
chena1877
monsoon forest1903
rainforest1903
tropical rainforest1903
padang1909
cloud forest1922
macchia1924
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ripplelOE
wildwooda1122
rough1332
firth?a1400
tod stripec1446
osiard1509
bush1523
bush-ground1523
fritha1552
island1638
oak landc1658
pinelandc1658
piney wood1666
broom-land1707
pine barrenc1721
pine savannah1735
savannah1735
thick woods1754
scrub-land1779
olive wood1783
primeval forest1789
open wood1790
strong woods1792
scrub1805
oak flata1816
sertão1816
sprout-land1824
flatwoods1841
bush-land1842
tall timber1845
amber forest1846
caatinga1846
mahogany scrub1846
bush-flat1847
myall country1847
national forest1848
selva1849
monte1851
virgin forest1851
bush-country1855
savannah forest1874
bush-range1879
bushveld1879
protection forest1889
mulga1896
wood-bush1896
shinnery1901
fringing forest1903
monsoon forest1903
rainforest1903
savannah woodland1903
thorn forest1903
tropical rainforest1903
gallery forest1920
cloud forest1922
rain jungle1945
mato1968
1846 G. Gardner Trav. Brazil 166 Woods..consisting of low trees and shrubs..called by the inhabitants Catingas.
1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil I. 61 Low woods known in Brazil as Caatingas and Carrascos.
1927 W. G. Kendrew Climates of Continents (ed. 2) 328 A region of caatinga or dry thornwood.
1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands ii. i. 30 The caatinga..repulses him with its thorns and prickly leaves, its twigs sharp as lances.
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