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chaparral


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


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