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chapparal

chapparal is the archaic spelling of chaparral.

Meaning of chaparral

Noun

chaparral (countable and uncountable, plural chaparrals)

  1. (US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
    • 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.1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart
  2. The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.

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Forms of chapparal

pluralchapparals

Questions about chapparal

What is chapparal the archaic spelling of?
Chapparal is the archaic spelling of chaparral.

Words near chapparal in the dictionary

  1. chappals
  2. Chappaqua
  3. Chappaquiddick
  4. Chappaquiddick Island
  5. chappar
  6. chapparal
  7. chapparals
  8. chapparel
  9. chapparels
  10. chappars
  11. chapparvovirus

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