(n) shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea, Syn.Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Sphaeralcea fasciculata
(n) spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California, Syn.stingaree-bush, Pickeringia montana
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
‖n. [ Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak. ] 1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zool.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer. It is the state bird of New Mexico. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
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