caatinga
noun
caa·tin·ga
käˈtiŋgə,
kə-
variants or less commonly catinga
plural -s
: stunted rather sparse forest that is leafless in the dry season and is widespread in areas of small rainfall in northeastern Brazil
Word History
Etymology
Portuguese, modification of Tupi caá-tinga white forest, from caá forest + tinga white
First Known Use
1821, in the meaning defined above
- pigeon louse fly
- pigeon milk
- pigeon pea
- pigeon plover
- pigeon plum
- pigeon post
- pigeon pox
- pigeon tick
- pigeon tree
- pigeon tremex
- pigeon woodpecker
- pigeon's blood
- pigeon's milk
- pigeon's-foot
- pigeon's-foots
- pigeon's-grass
- pigeon's-grasses
- pigeon's-neck
- pigeon's-necks
- pigeon-dropper
- pigeon-dropping
- pigeon-livered
- pigeon-toe
- pigeon-toed
- pigeon-wheat