caatinga
/kɑːˈtɪŋɡə/
caatinga noun: a sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.
Noun
caatinga (plural caatingas)
- A sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.
- He then goes on his way at a steady pace that does not tire him, climbing up slopes or down ravines, traversing scrubland caatinga or stony ground.1984, Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, translation of La guerra del fin del mundo by Mario Vargas Llosa, published 2012, page 187
- The geological substrate of the caatinga is severely eroded crystalline bedrock of the Precambrian Brazilian Shield and Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary basins.2000, David Lewis Lentz, Imperfect Balance: Landscape Transformations in the Precolumbian Americas, page 426
Forms of caatinga
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Origin of caatinga
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caatinga.
Questions about caatinga
- What does caatinga mean?
- Caatinga means a sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.
- What part of speech is caatinga?
- Caatinga is a noun.
- How do you pronounce caatinga?
- Caatinga is pronounced /kɑːˈtɪŋɡə/.
- What is the plural of caatinga?
- The plural of caatinga is caatingas.
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