Etymology

Noun

1. Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom made up chiefly of proteaceae, restios and Ericaceae.
   • 1992, Reader's Digest, The Great South African Outdoors

     The southern and western Cape is the home of a unique type of vegitation known as fynbos. Covering around 90 000 square kilometers of often harsh terrain, fynbos is made up of approximately 6 000 different plant species.