Thesaurus: chaparral

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1. n. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
2. n. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles.
3. n. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
4. 1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks. 2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zoöl.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killerit is the state bird of New Mexico.
5. j:33/n:67 n dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes