: a California shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) of the rose family that forms dense stands in chaparral
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For this, too, the chamise was well adapted.
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Matt Simon, Wired, 15 Apr. 2021
The first several miles had been deceivingly easy: a sandy descent marked by jack rabbits, yucca and chamise and views of the dilapidated barracks of Camp Lockett and a Border Patrol station swarming with trucks.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
Waist-high chamise chaparral closed in on my legs and backpack, but never blocked the striking vistas to the south.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
Ours is called chaparral, and it is often marked by the presence of scrub oak, sage, chamise and manzanita, among other plants.
—Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2021
Clements said part of the lab’s work is taking monthly samples of a species called chamise — a widespread shrub in California — from three sites in Los Gatos.
—Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 4 Sep. 2020
Appel and his team worked with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to test the gel material on grass and chamise (a shrub common in California).
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 24 Sep. 2019
The remaining 75 acres will be preserved and added to the county’s Multiple Species Conservation Program to protect native chamise chaparral, oak woodland, coastal sage scrub habitats and a variety of dependent wildlife, Geiszler said.
—Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2019
Matt Simon, Wired, 15 Apr. 2021
The first several miles had been deceivingly easy: a sandy descent marked by jack rabbits, yucca and chamise and views of the dilapidated barracks of Camp Lockett and a Border Patrol station swarming with trucks.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
Waist-high chamise chaparral closed in on my legs and backpack, but never blocked the striking vistas to the south.
—Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
Ours is called chaparral, and it is often marked by the presence of scrub oak, sage, chamise and manzanita, among other plants.
—Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2021
Clements said part of the lab’s work is taking monthly samples of a species called chamise — a widespread shrub in California — from three sites in Los Gatos.
—Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 4 Sep. 2020
Appel and his team worked with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to test the gel material on grass and chamise (a shrub common in California).
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 24 Sep. 2019
The remaining 75 acres will be preserved and added to the county’s Multiple Species Conservation Program to protect native chamise chaparral, oak woodland, coastal sage scrub habitats and a variety of dependent wildlife, Geiszler said.
—Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2019
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Word History
Etymology
modification of American Spanish chamiza
First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above
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“Chamise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chamise. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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