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Noun

chaparral ‎(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, The Understanding Heart, Chapter IV

     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.

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• macchia