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chaparral.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/UK/ˌt͡ʃæp.əˈɹæl/UK/ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/US/ˌʃæp.əˈɹɛl/US
  1. A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.

    US · countable · uncountable
  2. The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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