Definitions
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.””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dense brushland”9 letters
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