Usually means: Coastal, fertile, low-lying grassy plain.
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  6. machair: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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Definitions from Wiktionary (machair)

▸ noun:  (geology) A type of calcareous sandy terrain formed mostly from seashells, found by the coast in areas of Scotland and Ireland.

Similar:
airigh, carragheen, caragheen, carrigeen, Courtmacsherry, mair, clairschach, cailliach, clarseach, lair, more...

Types:
beach, shore, coast, dune, more...

Adjectives:
green, sandy, hebridean, coastal, western, scottish, wet, fertile, dune

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Similar:
airigh, carragheen, caragheen, carrigeen, Courtmacsherry, mair, clairschach, cailliach, clarseach, lair, more...

Types:
beach, shore, coast, dune, more...

Adjectives:
green, sandy, hebridean, coastal, western, scottish, wet, fertile, dune



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