as in grove
a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
the rabbit darted into the chaparral
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Recent Examples of chaparral
Much of that region is covered by chaparral and grassland, which can be very flammable.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
La Jolla Walk-In Campsite The La Jolla Walk-In Campsite is a small campground in dense chaparral in Point Mugu State Park in the Santa Monica Mountains.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
Hazardous fire areas were considered to be at greater risk for wildfire due to their proximity to highly flammable vegetation including the native chaparral that is present in many areas of Poway’s open spaces.
—Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
La Jolla Walk-In Campsite The La Jolla Walk-In Campsite is a small campground in dense chaparral in Point Mugu State Park in the Santa Monica Mountains.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
Hazardous fire areas were considered to be at greater risk for wildfire due to their proximity to highly flammable vegetation including the native chaparral that is present in many areas of Poway’s open spaces.
—Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaparral
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The modern theme park industry was born on July 17, 1955, when Disneyland opened on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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Inland, rocky desert landscapes give way to rolling farmlands, and two-lane highways carve through quiet groves of towering sequoias before climbing into the high, rugged peaks of the 350+ mountain ranges.—
Jessie Beck,
AFAR Media,
17 July 2025
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After encountering a magical heart in the forest, strange things start happening around her.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Roberts was charged with felony arson of a structure or forest land, and felony arson of property.—
Cameron Macdonald,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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Just west of the colorful Punda district, this city park was constructed to pay homage to one of the Caribbean’s most crucial—and vulnerable—ecosystems, with plenty of dense mangrove thickets that harbor all sorts of indigenous species.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Harrington, his caddy, and fellow golfers Cink and Justin Leonard trampled through thickets beyond the green like a trio of senior-aged Goonies, Harrington peering helplessly into reeds and bushes before re-teeing and accepting a penalty stroke for a lost ball.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 June 2025
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.—
Michael Dirda,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.—
Azera Parveen Rahman,
Quartz,
27 Oct. 2022
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She had been dragged and pushed by two men into a copse on Hampstead Heath.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The eyes in the sky gazed down on a copse of spindly trees in western Russia, hooking onto where North Korean forces were coalescing, a Ukrainian special operations forces commander, who is being identified only by his call sign, Green, told Newsweek.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
23 Mar. 2025
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.—
Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.—
Eric Toensmeier,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2020
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Only 12 original rose bushes remained when Melania oversaw the addition of 200 new ones.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Other combinations are radishes under taller veggies, or planting bush beans around crops that are heavy feeders, which reduces weeds and adds extra nitrogen to the soil.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 July 2025
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And all this needs to happen without putting the brakes on innovation.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Aer, a new kid on the luggage block, saw this common problem hadn’t yet been solved by its competitors and created a carry-on suitcase with brakes.—
Jamie Hergenrader,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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“Chaparral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaparral. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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