chaparral Hear it!

chaparral definition

☆ chap·ar·ral (s̸hap′ə ral′, c̸hap′-)

noun

Southwest a thicket of shrubs, thorny bushes, etc., orig., of evergreen oaks

Etymology: AmSp < Sp < chaparro, evergreen oak < ? Basque txapar

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