fynbos

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

fynbos (uncountable)

1. (botany) Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, largely scrub, exceptionally biodiverse, including particularly 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.

• macchia
• macchie
• maquis

• Reader's Digest: The Great South African Outdoors: Reader's Digest 1992.