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chaparral

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Synonyms and Antonyms of chaparral

a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush

the rabbit darted into the chaparral

Synonyms of chaparral

boscage (also boskage), bosk (or bosque), bosquet, brake, brushwood, coppice, copse, covert, thicket

Words Related to chaparral

brush, bush, scrub, scrubland

bramble, jungle, tangle

grove, hedge, stand, woodlot

forest, greenwood, wildwood, wood, woodland

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