chaparral : Idioms & Phrases

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chaparral broom

  • noun widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
    coyote bush; kidney wort; coyote brush; Baccharis pilularis.
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chaparral cock

  • noun speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas
    Geococcyx californianus; roadrunner.
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Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen

  • (Zoöl.), 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 .
Webster 1913

chaparral mallow

  • noun shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
    Malacothamnus fasciculatus; Sphaeralcea fasciculata.
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chaparral pea

  • noun spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California
    Pickeringia montana; stingaree-bush.
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chaparral sage

  • noun silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers
    purple sage; Salvia leucophylla.
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