A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.
Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.
A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.