fynbos

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)

1. (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.

Related terms

• macchia
• macchie
• maquis

Translations

fynbos

• Afrikaans: fynbos
• Arabic: فنبوس
• Catalan: fynbos m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凡波斯

• Dutch: fijnbos n, fynbos
• Esperanto: finboso
• Finnish: fynbos (fi)
• French: fynbos (fr) m, finbos (fr) m
• German: Fynbos n
• Hindi: केप फ्लोरल संरक्षित क्षेत्र (kep phloral sanrakṣit kṣetra)
• Italian: fynbos
• Japanese: フィンボス
• Norwegian: fynbos
• Polish: fynbos
• Russian: финбош m (finboš)
• Spanish: fynbos (es) m
• Swedish: fynbos
• Turkish: fynbos

References

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