Main Entry: chap·ar·ral

Pronunciation: \ˌsha-pə-ˈral, -ˈrel\

Function: noun

Etymology: Spanish, from chaparro dwarf evergreen oak, from Basque txapar

Date: 1845

1 : a thicket of dwarf evergreen oaks; broadly : a dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs or dwarf trees
2 : an ecological community composed of shrubby plants adapted to dry summers and moist winters that occurs especially in southern California