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Word entry · 9 letters

chaparral

Best crossword clue

"Dense brushland"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/Part of speech nounSorted aaachlprrStarts with CEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

Word origin

From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.

Used in a sentence

  • It was quite dark when, after an arduous climb, the sheriff made his tortuous way through the chaparral to the point where Anthony Garland should be stationed.
  • Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / 'Neath waves of golden sunshine
  • “Look at all the chaparral on California’s coast — it’s all about surviving that kind of fire cycle.”

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