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Chaparral
Cha`par*ral"\, n. [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak.]1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks. 2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zo["o]l.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer .
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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chaparral
1850, Amer.Eng., from Sp. chaparro "evergreen oak," perhaps from Basque txapar.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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