chaparral

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (US, countable, uncountable) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
2. (countable, uncountable) The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.

Sinonieme

bush

scrub

copse

forest

grove

maquis

shrub

shrubbery

wildwood

wood

🪵

woodland

cactus scrub

garrigue

sclerophyllous scrub

semidesert scrub

brush

kermes oak

coppice

Vertalings

maquis

chaparral

macchia

chaparral

chaparral

chaparro

garrigue

matoll

Chaparral

أيْكة

Garrigue

Halbwüstenstrauch

Hartlaubgestrüpp

عيص

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.