chaparral

Noun

Meaning

A thicket of low evergreen oaks.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bush scrub scrubland grove croton fern briar bracken bramble creeper arbutus plant forest underwood cactus
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Antonyms

order metropolis city downtown desert indoors
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Hypernyms

flora botany vegetation

Phrases with the word

grass chaparral chaparral yucca whipple's chaparral yucca

Examples

A highlight of the trip included an ICE-led tour of the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, N.M., 30 miles northeast of El Paso. Source: Internet

Chaparral and woodlands biota For the numerous individual plant and animal species found within the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion, see: *Flora of the California chaparral and woodlands *Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands. Source: Internet

Many chaparral plant species require some fire cue (heat, smoke, or charred wood, and chemical changes in the soil following fires) for germination. Source: Internet

Because of the hot, dry conditions that exist in the California summer and fall, chaparral is one of the most fire-prone plant communities in North America. Source: Internet

Conservation International and other conservation organizations consider the chaparral to be a biodiversity hotspot citation - a biological community with a large number of different species - that is under threat by human activity. Source: Internet

Growth dynamics of two chaparral shrub species with time after fire. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chaparajos chaparejos Chaparian chaparral bird chaparral broom chaparral cock