OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 34068

chaparral

/ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chaparral
A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / 'Neath waves of golden sunshine
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.
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