as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
the rabbit darted into the chaparral
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Recent Examples of chaparral
In the hills, in the hollows, up the draws and the old dirt logging roads, hidden in the chaparral above the fog line, growing and selling weed became a way of life, woven into the community and its economy.
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Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
The Eaton fire ripped through the Rubio Canyon Preserve, seriously damaging the canyon’s chaparral, coast sage scrub and riparian habitats.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
That’s because well-off Angelenos tend to live on mountains and hillsides and in canyons that are covered in highly flammable chaparral, which are an excellent breeding ground for rapidly spreading fires, driven by Santa Ana winds of up to 100 mph.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
It's been fueled by a mix of timber, chaparral and brush.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
The Eaton fire ripped through the Rubio Canyon Preserve, seriously damaging the canyon’s chaparral, coast sage scrub and riparian habitats.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
That’s because well-off Angelenos tend to live on mountains and hillsides and in canyons that are covered in highly flammable chaparral, which are an excellent breeding ground for rapidly spreading fires, driven by Santa Ana winds of up to 100 mph.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
It's been fueled by a mix of timber, chaparral and brush.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaparral
Noun
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Explore the pint-sized town of Summerhaven, a small community surrounded by aspen groves.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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Where to stay at Mammoth Cave National Park Nestled in a grove near the visitor center are the rustic Woodland Cottages of The Lodge at Mammoth Cave.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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There’s the area’s natural beauty, of course, inherent in the 12,000 acres of Georgia countryside—forests, rolling landscapes, creeks, and atmospheric ponds—that lie just 85 miles east of Atlanta on the state’s second largest lake.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
16 May 2026
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The day before, the forest service responded to eight wildfire requests covering roughly 24,700 acres on Thursday.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Beautyberry bushes need pruning to maintain their shape and watering during dry periods.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
17 May 2026
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Outside there are plenty of fruit trees with pear, apple, peach, cherry and mulberry on the property as well as concord grapes and blueberry bushes.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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This tree is notorious for being highly invasive, often cross-pollinating with other pear varieties, resulting in dense, thorny thickets that disrupt local ecosystems.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
29 Apr. 2026
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Its large, thorny stems creep out from the base of the plant to form a thicket.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Apr. 2026
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Archaeologists found that the site’s foragers had crafted small huts from brushwood, weaving them into dome-like structures enclosing a central hearth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Here, the train rolls into one of Scotland’s most remote stations, arriving via a line built up on a raft of roots and brushwood because traditional foundations failed in the boggy ground.—
Rosie Conroy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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His house sits across from what used to be a thick copse of woods.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.—
Eric Toensmeier,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2020
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For example, every new car has to have at least six airbags, antilock brakes, and stability control.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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Pumping the brakes Signage at a General Motors Co.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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“Chaparral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaparral. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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