Chaparral

Word CHAPARRAL
Character 9
Hyphenation cha par ral
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Definitions and meanings of "Chaparral"

What do we mean by chaparral?

An area covered by a dense growth of mostly small-leaved evergreen shrubs, especially in central and southern California. noun

A close growth, more or less extensive, of low evergreen oaks. noun

Any very dense thicket of low thorny shrubs which exclusively occupy the ground; sometimes, a thick growth of cacti. noun

A thicket of low evergreen oaks. noun

An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. noun

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 killer. It is the state bird of New Mexico. noun

A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region. noun

Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes noun

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The word "chaparral" in example sentences

On steep hill and mountain slopes too dry to support oak woodland or oak forest, much of the vegetation is scrub or "dwarf forest" know as chaparral, which varies in composition with elevation and exposure. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She is a lovely woman, and her chaparral is a delight; even if it was slightly surreal smelling this distillation of California with it's herbal woodiness and hint of wildfires with the smell of actual wildfires so prominent in the air. ❋ Marina Geigert (2008)

Well the area of Greece, particularly Crete, is a typical location where you have what is called a chaparral environment or biome. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Mediterranean California region is characterized by a mostly evergreen shrub vegetation called chaparral, plus patches of oak woodland, grassland, and some coniferous forest on upper mountain slopes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In many cases a plant called chaparral or it's scrub oaks or it's the low grasses that grow with it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Those who build and buy homes amidst chaparral, which is found on the south slope of the mountain adjacent to the city of San Bernardino, are asking for trouble. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub biome (also called chaparral) has a very specific spatial distribution. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There were also thick, gray thornbushes called chaparral, interlaced amid the equally thorny mesquite. ❋ Larry McMurtry (1995)

One of the most charming features of the chaparral is the mountain ash, especially when the berries are ripe and red. ❋ George Wharton James (1890)

Another feature of the chaparral is the scrub oak. ❋ George Wharton James (1890)

It is made by the chaparral, which is composed of a variety of desert plants that are native to the soil and can live on very little water. ❋ Unknown (1887)

When the boy became a biologist, he recognized that the chaparral was a unique ecosystem, with its own suite of interdependent plants and animals, the coastal sage scrub home to fox and bobcats, wrentits and spotted towhees, cactus mouse and California quail. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thickets of bushes and small juniper trees called chaparral replaced the tall grass touted by early settlers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although Mediterranean types of vegetation such as chaparral and oak woodlands predominate, the elevations are considerably higher in this region, the summers are slightly cooler, and precipitation amounts are greater, causing the landscape to be more densely vegetated and stands of ponderosa pine to be larger and more numerous than in the adjacent regions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In Mexico our classification follows INEGI (1996) maps, from which we lumped "chaparral" and "subtropical matorral" and all enclosed agricultural vegetation types. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Where the soil is too poor or the slopes too steep for the trees, these shrubs, commonly called "chaparral," are massed together in almost impenetrable thickets. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Free and fearless they ranged valley and hillside, or made their dens in the thick brush, or "chaparral," as the Spanish called it. ❋ Ella M. Sexton (N/A)

Well up we came upon the "chaparral," the hacienda herdsman, tawny with sunburn even to his leather garments. ❋ Harry Alverson Franck (1921)

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