chaparro
See also: Chaparro
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from dialectal Basque txapar, txaparro ‘dwarf evergreen oak’, diminutive of sapar, zapar ‘thicket, bush’
Noun
chaparro m (plural chaparros, feminine chaparra, feminine plural chaparras)
- kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
- chaparral (scrubland)
- (Mexico) netleaf oak (Quercus rugosa)
- (Mexico) person of short stature.