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fynbos

fynbos noun: vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, largely scrub, exceptionally biodiverse, including particularly large numbers of species of Proteaceae, Restionaceae, and Ericaceae.

Noun

fynbos (uncountable)

  1. Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, largely scrub, exceptionally biodiverse, including particularly large numbers of species of Proteaceae, Restionaceae, and Ericaceae.
    • 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.1992, Reader's Digest, The Great South African Outdoors

fynbos meaning in Hindi and Arabic

fynbos in Hindi

fynbos
केप फ्लोरल संरक्षित क्षेत्र kep phloral sanrakṣit kṣetra

fynbos in Arabic

fynbos
فنبوس

Origin of fynbos

From Afrikaans fynbos (“fynbos”), from fyn (“fine”) (as in fine-textured, as opposed to trees) and bos (“bush or forest”).

Questions about fynbos

What does fynbos mean?
Fynbos means vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, largely scrub, exceptionally biodiverse, including particularly large numbers of species of Proteaceae, Restionaceae, and Ericaceae.
What is fynbos in Hindi?
Fynbos in Hindi is केप फ्लोरल संरक्षित क्षेत्र (kep phloral sanrakṣit kṣetra). See Fynbos meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fynbos?
Fynbos is a noun.

Words near fynbos in the dictionary

  1. fyllocks
  2. FYLSE
  3. FYLSX
  4. fym
  5. Fyn
  6. fynbos
  7. fynd
  8. fynde
  9. fynne
  10. fynnes
  11. Fyock

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