charneca

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Unknown, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cerrica, from cerrus (“Turkey oak”), via Mozarabic. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛkɐ Hyphenation: char‧ne‧ca === Noun === charneca f (plural charnecas) heathland (tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “charneca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “charneca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026