(in Brazil) vegetation in semi-arid country consisting of thorny shrubs and stunted trees.
as modifier caatinga forest
Example sentencesExamples
- Long a hide-out for bandits, rebels and visionaries, the caatinga also earns a reputation as a mystical badlands.
- The objective of this paper is to derive biomass estimation models for ten of the most important caatinga species.
- Other discrete vegetation types associated with the caatinga are distinctive palm stands.
- The caatinga also harbors a long history of social unrest.
- Because these forest enclaves are more fertile than the surrounding caatinga scrub, humans prefer to live in them.