macchia
/ˈmɑːkɪə/noun
= maquis.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), writer. From Corsican macchia thicket (lit. ‘spot’, after the spotted appearance of hillsides dotted with such thickets) from classical Latin macula.
- holdfast
- hold forth
- hold good (or true)
- hold hands
- hold hard
- holding
- holding company
- holding game
- holding ground
- holding operation
- holding paddock
- holding pattern
- holding tank
- hold no brief for
- hold off
- hold on
- hold one's breath
- hold one's ground
- hold one's head up (or hold one's head high)
- hold one's horses
- hold one's nose
- hold one's own
- hold one's peace
- hold (one's) serve (or service)
- hold one's tongue