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chaparral (shap-uh-RAL, chap-) noun
A dense, often impenetrable, growth of shrubs and thorny bushes.
[From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (dwarf evergreen oak), from Basque
txapar (thicket).]
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"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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