Chaparral
Chaparral , noun
[Sp., from chaparro an evergeen oak.]
1.
A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
2.
An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles.
Collocations (1)
Chaparral cock or Chaparral hen (Zoology) , 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.