[ ma'ki: ]
■ noun ( plural same)
1》 ( the Maquis ) the French resistance movement during the German occupation (1940–5).
↘a member of the Maquis.
2》 dense scrub vegetation consisting of hardy evergreen shrubs and small trees, characteristic of coastal regions in the Mediterranean.
Origin
C19: from Fr., 'brushwood', from Corsican Ital. macchia .