macchia
/ˈmɑːkɪə/noun
= maquis.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), writer. From Corsican macchia thicket (lit. ‘spot’, after the spotted appearance of hillsides dotted with such thickets) from classical Latin macula.
- light reaction
- light rum
- lights
- lightsaber
- lightsabre
- light scoop
- light-sensitive
- lightship
- light show
- light-skinned
- lightsome
- lightsomely
- lightsomeness
- lights out
- light speed
- light stick
- light switch
- light table
- light the fuse
- light the (or a) fuse
- light-toned
- light tower
- light trap
- light up
- light vessel