chaparral Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
    bush; scrub.

WordNet

Cha`par*ral" noun
Etymology
Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak.
Definitions
  1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
  2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles.

Webster 1913