CHAPARRAL

scrub, chaparral, bush

(noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

chaparral (countable and uncountable, plural chaparrals)

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.

Source: Wiktionary

Cha`par*ral", n. Etym: [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak.]

1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.

2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zoöl.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killerit is the state bird of New Mexico.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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