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)

1. kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
2. chaparral (scrubland)
3. (Mexico) netleaf oak (Quercus rugosa)
4. (Mexico) person of short stature.

Related terms

• chaparra
• chaparral