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chamisal|ˈtʃæmɪsæl|
Also chemisal, etc.
[Mexican Sp., f. chamiso.]
a. A dense growth or thicket of chamiso.
b. = chamiso.
1853House Repr. Ex. Doc. 91 (Bentley), Traveling..is rendered very trying by..patches of dense masses of shrubbery known as the chemizal. 1862B. Harte Notes by Flood & Field in Luck of Roaring Camp (1870) 194 With my hand dipped listlessly over the thwarts, I detect the tops of chimisal, which shows the tide to have somewhat fallen. 1902Bureau Plant Industry Bull. (U.S.) xii. 31 These chaparral areas..have become landmarks, the word chamisal, sometimes corrupted into chemisal,..being adopted as a local name. |