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Tag: vegetacion

Definitions tagged vegetacion in the street dictionary.

Paja brava

A nickname for the vegetation of the high-altitude plateau, characterized by being dry and sparse (A tough, yellowish bunchgrass common in the Andean highlands).

Once you reach the highway, all you see is paja brava.

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Zona rural

A geographic area characterized by vegetation, encompassing the countryside and farming estates (fincas are traditional rural properties or farms).

A community is a Zona rural when, due to its natural resources, its inhabitants develop such a sense of belonging to the territory that they build a society based on those resources. Rural landscape with vineyards, a mill, and a forest in Burgundy. Traditional rice cultivation in Cambodia. Mechanized soy harvesting in Michigan.

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Ceja de monte

A term for the tree line or forest edge seen from a distance across the savanna. It refers to the silhouette or high relief of vegetation that stands out on the horizon where the plains end. (This refers to the landscape of the Llanos, or tropical plains, where the horizon is wide and flat).

All this land is mine, and it goes all the way to that ceja de monte you see over there.

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Monte

Used to describe woods, brush, or any area with thick, overgrown vegetation, regardless of whether the land is flat or inside a city. (While the word literally means mountain in standard Spanish, in the Dominican Republic it refers to wild greenery regardless of altitude).

There used to be a monte here and they cleared it out to make parking lots.

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