chaparral


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chaparral /ˌʃapəˈral, ˌtʃ-/
noun N. Amer. vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes.
– origin C19: from Sp., from chaparra ‘dwarf evergreen oak’.
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