kwongan
/ˈkwɒŋɡan
/noun [mass noun] chiefly Australian
(In Western Australia) dry scrubland with woody evergreen vegetation: the kwongan is legendary among plant ecologists...
- Most of the taxa are endemic to kwongan and open woodlands of Mediterranean ecosystems of the south-west Botanical Province.
- Here is a typical Kwongan heathland flora in Western Australia.
- These plants are from what's called "Kwongan ecosystems" in the southwest of Western Australia.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Nyungar (an Aboriginal language) kwongan 'sand plain'.