garrigue

noun /ɡəˈriːɡ/

1. A type of low scrubland found on limestone soils in southern France and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin.

   countable, uncountable

   Far away, on the stony garrigues by the fading light of the harvest moon one could hear the musical calling of wolves.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French garrigue, from Occitan.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry garrigue (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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