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Chaparral   /ʃˌæpərˈæl/   Listen
Chaparral

noun
1.
Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes.  Synonyms: bush, scrub.



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"Chaparral" Quotes from Famous Books



... chaparral point, they came in full view of an Indian rancherie. The uncivilized savages were amazed. Never had they seen such forlorn, wretched, pitiable human beings, as the tattered, disheveled, skeleton creatures who stood stretching out their arms for assistance. ...
— History of the Donner Party • C.F. McGlashan

... eroded barrancas, the same scattered round bushes dotted evenly over the scene. We saw here very little game. Across the way lay another range of low mountains clothed darkly with dull green, like the chaparral-covered coast ranges of California. In one place was a gunsight pass through which we could see other distant blue mountains. We crossed the arid plain and toiled up through ...
— African Camp Fires • Stewart Edward White



Words linked to "Chaparral" :   botany, vegetation, chaparral sage, flora



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