chaparral
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chap·ar·ral
(shăp′ə-răl′)n.
An area covered by a dense growth of mostly small-leaved evergreen shrubs, especially in central and southern California.
[Spanish, from chaparro, evergreen oak, from Basque txapar, diminutive of saphar, thicket.]
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chaparral
(ˌtʃæpəˈræl; ˌʃæp-)n
(Physical Geography) (in the southwestern US) a dense growth of shrubs and trees, esp evergreen oaks
[C19: from Spanish, from chaparra evergreen oak]
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chap•ar•ral
(ˌʃæp əˈræl, ˌtʃæp-)n.
a dense growth of shrubs or small trees.
[1835–45, Amer.; < Sp, derivative of chaparr(o) evergreen oak]
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| Noun | 1. | chaparral - dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" |
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