Chaparral is a dense and often impenetrable growth of shrubs and thorny bushes.
Chaparral é uma densa e impenetrável vegetação de arbustos e matagais espinhosos.
| Front | chaparral \shap-uh-RAL, chap-\ |
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| Back | noun A dense, often impenetrable, growth of shrubs and thorny bushes. [From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (dwarf evergreen oak), from Basque txapar (thicket).] "Satwiwa Loop Trail: an easy 1.5- mile stroll through grasslands and chaparral." - Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa; Ventura County Star (Ventura, California); Dec 31, 2004. "But most of the images I'd shot were nothing but blue sky and some out-of-focus chaparral." - Chris Welsch; Point and Shoot; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Dec 26, 2004. |
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