chaparral

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/, /ˌt͡ʃæp.əˈɹæl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/, /ˌʃæp.əˈɹɛl/, [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)æl], [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)ɛl] Rhymes: -æl, -ɛl (US) Hyphenation: chap‧ar‧ral === Noun === chaparral (countable and uncountable, plural chaparrals) (US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region. Coordinate term: macchia The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb. ==== Derived terms ==== chaparral bird chaparral cock chaparral hen chaparral yucca ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === chaparral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “chaparral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Spanish == === Etymology === From chaparro +‎ -al, from Basque txaparro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃapaˈral/ [t͡ʃa.paˈral] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: cha‧pa‧rral === Noun === chaparral m (plural chaparrales) chaparral ==== Descendants ==== → English: chaparral === Further reading === “chaparral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025