fynbos
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English
Etymology
From Afrikaans fynbos (“fynbos”), from fyn (“fine”) (as in fine-textured, as opposed to trees) and bos (“bush or forest”) .
Noun
fynbos (uncountable)
- (botany) Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, largely scrub, exceptionally biodiverse, including particlarly large numbers of species of Proteaceae, Restionaceae, and Ericaceae.
- 1992, Reader's Digest, The Great South African Outdoors:
- The southern and western Cape is the home of a unique type of vegetation known as fynbos. Covering around 90 000 square kilometers of often harsh terrain, fynbos is made up of approximately 6 000 different plant species.
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References
- Reader's Digest: The Great South African Outdoors: Reader's Digest 1992.