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Definition of Chaparral
1. Noun. Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes.
Generic synonyms: Botany, Flora, Vegetation
Derivative terms: Bushy, Scrubby
Definition of Chaparral
1. n. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
Definition of Chaparral
1. Noun. A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chaparral
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Chaparral
1. A plant community of drought-adapted shrubs, usually found in rocky and rapidly drained shallow soils. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaparral
Literary usage of Chaparral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1903)
"chaparral IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. At the mention of chaparral in California the mind
... To associate chaparral with this southern region is but natural, ..."
2. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"Forest, chaparral and prairie fires have always been more or less frequent. ...
In passing through manzanita chaparral, everything would be burned except ..."
3. The Lake of the Sky, Lake Tahoe, in the High Sierras of California and by George Wharton James (1915)
"As there is a varied chaparral in the Tahoe region, it is well for the visitor
to know of what it is mainly composed. Experience has demonstrated that where ..."
4. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"chaparral and Bee-Pasture To feel yourself really in the California of your ...
There is something in this word chaparral that smacks of the California soil ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters by Society of American Foresters (1905)
"Watershed cover in the southern California mountains can be divided roughly into
three classes: first, pure chaparral; second, chaparral with clumps of ..."
6. The California Spotted Owl: A Technical Assessment of Its Current Status. by Jared Verner (1992)
"They were also the most common species in the La Panza Range of San Luis Obispo
County, with nearly equal abundance in blue oak woodland, mixed chaparral ..."
7. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1919)
"chaparral is absent from the nearly level summits of many hills, even in close
... At higher elevations the level summits are covered by chaparral, ..."
8. Lew Wallace;: An Autobiography by Lew Wallace (1906)
"... XVI The First Indiana at Walnut Springs—General Taylor—The camp at Walnut
Springs—A visit to Monterey—An adventure in the chaparral—A test ..."
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