chaparraln.

/ˌtʃapəˈral/

Etymology: < Spanish chaparral, < chaparra, -arro evergreen oak + -al a common ending for a grove, plantation, or collection of trees, as in almendral, cafetal, etc.

U.S.

Properly: a thicket of low evergreen oaks; (hence) gen. dense tangled brushwood, composed of low thorny shrubs, brambles, briars, etc., such as abounds on poor soil in Mexico and Texas. The term came into use in U.S. during the Mexican War, c1846.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood

ronea1300

underwooda1325

rammel1338

brushetc1380

scroga1400

bushailec1400

frithing1429

brushal1430

brushc1440

ronec1440

thevec1440

garsil1483

shroga1500

cablish1594

south-bois1598

undergrowth1600

frith1605

hand timber1664

subbois1664

urith1671

brushwood1732

bush-wood1771

underbrush1775

slop1784

woodiness1796

scrub1805

shag1836

chaparral1845

underbush1849

underscrub1870

sand-brush1871

buck-brush1874

bush1879

horizontal scrub1888

tangle-wood1894

shin-tangle1905

1845 T. J. Green Texian Exped. vi. 59 Suddenly the head of the line was turned..into a dense and most difficult chaparral.

1850 B. Taylor Eldorado I. x. 94 The road passed between low hills, covered with patches of chapparal.

1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) (at cited word) This word, chapparal, has been introduced into the language since our acquisition of Texas and New Mexico, where these bushes abound.

1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada 47 We descended the long slope, through chaparral and forest.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 236 Even the low, thorny chaparral was thick with pea-like blossom.

1887 E. Custer Tenting on Plains (1889) 204 The chapparral bushes defeated us frequently, by making such good hiding-places for the hare.

1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas 134 I walked all day with nothing to eat but chapparal berries.

Compounds

chaparral cock n. a species of cuckoo ( Geococcyx californianus) in the west of North America.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > geococcyx californianus (road-runner)

paisano1853

roadrunner1856

chaparral cock1859

1859 S. F. Baird Catal. N. Amer. Birds 68 Geococcyx californianus, Baird. Paisano; Chaparral Cock.

1882 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox Sketches from Texas Siftings 177 The American name chapparel cock is evidently the Mexican name caporal Americanized.

1885 Harper's Mag. Feb. 423/1 This bird..is..known under several names, such as road-runner, chaparral cock.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	chaparral
释义	chaparraln. /ˌtʃapəˈral/ Etymology: < Spanish chaparral, < chaparra, -arro evergreen oak + -al a common ending for a grove, plantation, or collection of trees, as in almendral, cafetal, etc. U.S. Properly: a thicket of low evergreen oaks; (hence) gen. dense tangled brushwood, composed of low thorny shrubs, brambles, briars, etc., such as abounds on poor soil in Mexico and Texas. The term came into use in U.S. during the Mexican War, c1846. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood ronea1300 underwooda1325 rammel1338 brushetc1380 scroga1400 bushailec1400 frithing1429 brushal1430 brushc1440 ronec1440 thevec1440 garsil1483 shroga1500 cablish1594 south-bois1598 undergrowth1600 frith1605 hand timber1664 subbois1664 urith1671 brushwood1732 bush-wood1771 underbrush1775 slop1784 woodiness1796 scrub1805 shag1836 chaparral1845 underbush1849 underscrub1870 sand-brush1871 buck-brush1874 bush1879 horizontal scrub1888 tangle-wood1894 shin-tangle1905 1845 T. J. Green Texian Exped. vi. 59 Suddenly the head of the line was turned..into a dense and most difficult chaparral. 1850 B. Taylor Eldorado I. x. 94 The road passed between low hills, covered with patches of chapparal. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) (at cited word) This word, chapparal, has been introduced into the language since our acquisition of Texas and New Mexico, where these bushes abound. 1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada 47 We descended the long slope, through chaparral and forest. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 236 Even the low, thorny chaparral was thick with pea-like blossom. 1887 E. Custer Tenting on Plains (1889) 204 The chapparral bushes defeated us frequently, by making such good hiding-places for the hare. 1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas 134 I walked all day with nothing to eat but chapparal berries. Compounds chaparral cock n. a species of cuckoo ( Geococcyx californianus) in the west of North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > geococcyx californianus (road-runner) paisano1853 roadrunner1856 chaparral cock1859 1859 S. F. Baird Catal. N. Amer. Birds 68 Geococcyx californianus, Baird. Paisano; Chaparral Cock. 1882 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox Sketches from Texas Siftings 177 The American name chapparel cock is evidently the Mexican name caporal Americanized. 1885 Harper's Mag. Feb. 423/1 This bird..is..known under several names, such as road-runner, chaparral cock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1845
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