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chapparel

chapparel 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.

See all 5 meanings of chaparral

Forms of chapparel

pluralchapparels

Questions about chapparel

What is chapparel the archaic spelling of?
Chapparel is the archaic spelling of chaparral.

Words near chapparel in the dictionary

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

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