chaparral

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Pronunciation

/ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/ (UK)

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/ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/ (UK) · /ˌt͡ʃæp.əˈɹæl/ (UK) · /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/ (US) · /ˌʃæp.əˈɹɛl/ (US) · [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)æl] (US) · [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)ɛl] (US)

Definition of chaparral

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(US, countable, uncountable)A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.

“It was quite dark when, after an arduous climb, the sheriff made his tortuous way through the chaparral to the point where Anthony Garland should be stationed.”
“Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / 'Neath waves of golden sunshine”
““Look at all the chaparral on California’s coast — it’s all about surviving that kind of fire cycle.””

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noun

(US, countable, uncountable)A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.

“It was quite dark when, after an arduous climb, the sheriff made his tortuous way through the chaparral to the point where Anthony Garland should be stationed.”
“Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / 'Neath waves of golden sunshine”
““Look at all the chaparral on California’s coast — it’s all about surviving that kind of fire cycle.””
(countable, uncountable)The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.

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