单词 | caatinga |
释义 | caatinga|ˈkɑːtɪŋgə| Also catinga. [Tupi, f. caa natural vegetation, forest + tinga white.] In Brazil, a forest consisting of thorny shrubs and stunted trees.
1846G. Gardner Trav. Brazil 166 Woods..consisting of low trees and shrubs..called by the inhabitants Catingas. 1869Burton Explor. Highl. Brazil I. 61 Low woods known in Brazil as Caatingas and Carrascos. 1927Kendrew Climates of Continents (ed. 2) 328 A region of caatinga or dry thornwood. 1944S. Putnam tr. da Cunha's 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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