chaparral
Plural: chaparrals
Noun
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
- The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.
Origin / Etymology
From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.
Scrabble Score: 16
chaparral: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordchaparral: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chaparral: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
chaparral: valid Words With Friends Word