chaparral

From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from saphar.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌʃæpəˈɹæl/, /ˌtʃæpəˈɹæl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌʃæpəˈɹæl/, /ˌʃæpəˈɹɛl/, [ˌʃæpɪ̈ˈɹæl], [ˌʃæpɚˈ(ɹ)æl], [ˌʃæpɪ̈ˈɹɛl], [ˌʃæpɚˈ(ɹ)ɛl]
• Rhymes: -æl, -ɛl
• (US) Hyphenation: chap‧ar‧ral
• Rhymes: -ɛl

chaparral (countable and uncountable, plural chaparrals)

1. A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart:

     It was quite dark when, after an arduous climb, the sheriff made his tortuous way through the chaparral to the point where Anthony Garland should be stationed.

2. The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.

• macchia

From chaparro +‎ -al, from Basque txaparro

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃapaˈral/
• Hyphenation: cha‧par‧ral

chaparral m (plural chaparrales)

1. chaparral