caatinga

/kɑːˈtɪŋɡə/

caatinga means A sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.

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caatinga is pronounced /kɑːˈtɪŋɡə/.

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caatinga.

noun

A sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil containing drought-resistant trees.e.g.“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:

Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

cerrado 58% match — A type of tropical savanna biome found in much of central Brazil and parts of Paraguay. vs caatinga →
cagaita 56% match — A Brazilian tree, Eugenia dysenterica. vs caatinga →
cangaceiro 53% match — A type of nomadic bandit in Northeast Brazil. vs caatinga →
caingin 50% match — Land that has been cleared using slash-and-burn techniques. vs caatinga →
bracatinga 50% match — A tree of Brazil, Mimosa scabrella vs caatinga →
caraipe 50% match — A Brazilian tree of the genus Caraipa; the timber of this tree vs caatinga →
canebrake 50% match — A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants. vs caatinga →
juazeiro 49% match — A small shrub, Sarcomphalus joazeiro, of the buckthorn family, native to Brazil. vs caatinga →