ma·quis
ma·quis/mäˈkē/
noun
- the French resistance movement during the German occupation (1940–45)."the Maquis used the cave as a hiding place for their weapons"
- dense scrub vegetation consisting of hardy evergreen shrubs and small trees, characteristic of coastal regions in the Mediterranean."the little road connecting the houses went nowhere, dwindling finally into the maquis"
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The meaning of MAQUIS is thick scrubby evergreen underbrush of Mediterranean shores; also : an area of such underbrush.
The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French and Belgian Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the German military administration in occupied ...
noun · shrubby mostly evergreen vegetation found in coastal regions of the Mediterranean: includes myrtles, heaths, arbutus, cork oak, and ilex · often capital.
Maquis, scrubland plant community of the Mediterranean region, composed primarily of leathery broad-leaved evergreen shrubs or small trees.
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Noun. maquis (uncountable) (botany) Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub. [ from 19th c.]
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The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French and Belgian Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the German military administration in occupied France during World War II. Wikipedia
Founded: 1940
maquis in American English ... 1. a zone of shrubby plants, chiefly evergreens, growing in areas having a Mediterranean climate.
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a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II.
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Maquis (Star Trek), fictional resistance movement in the Star Trek universe · Maquis shrubland, a Mediterranean shrubland biome known as macchia in Italian ...
bands that took the name Maquis (meaning “underbrush”). A kind of national unity was finally achieved in May 1943, when de Gaulle's personal representative ...
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MAQUIS translations: Mediterranean scrubland, maquis, area where Resistance fighters hid during the Second World War. Learn more in the Cambridge ...
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