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chamiso

chamiso noun: an evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States.

Noun

chamiso (countable and uncountable, plural chamisos)

  1. An evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States.
  2. An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum.

Synonyms of chamiso

Forms of chamiso

pluralchamisos

Origin of chamiso

Borrowed from Spanish chamizo, from Galician chamizo.

Questions about chamiso

What does chamiso mean?
Chamiso means an evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States.
What part of speech is chamiso?
Chamiso is a noun.
What is the plural of chamiso?
The plural of chamiso is chamisos.

Words near chamiso in the dictionary

  1. chamisa
  2. chamisal
  3. chamise
  4. chamises
  5. Chamisha Chumshei Torah
  6. chamiso
  7. chamisos
  8. chamissonolide
  9. Chamito-
  10. Chamito-Semitic
  11. Chamizal

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