fairy circles

Noun

fairy circle (plural fairy circles)

1. A circular patch barren of vegetation, often encircled by a ring of stimulated grass growth, typically found in regions of arid grassland.
   • Common in the arid grasslands of the Namib desert, particularly in Namibia, fairy circles were at first thought unique to that region; however, similar rings have been observed in a part of the Pilbara in Western Australia.
2. Synonym of fairy ring.
   • Under that tree there is a fairy circle called The Dancing Place of the Goblin.1880, Wirt Sikes, British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, page 73

   Synonyms:

   fairy ring