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chaparral

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Main Entry:
chap·ar·ral 
          Listen to the pronunciation of chaparral
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 trees2: an ecological community composed of shrubby plants adapted to dry summers and moist winters that occurs especially in southern California


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