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/ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/ · noun
(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.
Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / 'Neath waves of golden sunshine
“Look at all the chaparral on California’s coast — it’s all about surviving that kind of fire cycle.”
Use chaparral when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chaparral means (US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region..
Common synonyms include scrub, bush.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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