chap·ar·ral (sh p  -rl )n. 1. Ecology A biome characterized by hot dry summers and cool moist winters and dominated by a dense growth of mostly small-leaved evergreen shrubs, as that found in the foothills of California. 2. A dense thicket of shrubs and small trees. [Spanish, from chaparro, evergreen oak, from Basque txapar, diminutive of saphar, thicket.] |
chaparral [ˌtʃæpəˈræl ˌʃæp-]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (in the southwestern US) a dense growth of shrubs and trees, esp evergreen oaks
[from Spanish, from chaparra 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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