chaparral

English

Etymology

From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from saphar.

Noun

chaparral (uncountable)

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

Translations

region of shrubs

French: maquis (fr) Greek: θαμνώνες (el) (thamnónes) m. pl.

Spanish: chaparro (es) m.

See also

• macchia
• Chaparral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia