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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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