chaparral

/หŒtสƒรฆpษ™หˆษนรฆl/

IPA: /SH AE0 P ER0 AE1 L/

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.

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