chaparral
Example Sentences
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Villanueva also said that L.A. has chaparral that goes 15 to 25 feet down into the ground, but that the depth reached by the department’s thermal imaging cameras is only a foot.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
According to the ATF special agent, a firebrand became lodged within dense chaparral and then smoldered and burned within the roots of the vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025
Below are thickets of green chaparral and densely packed homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025
If the fire crews do not routinely maintain the fuel break, it will be flammable golden grasses that grow back, not more ignition-resistant chaparral.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025
Bright emerald grass contrasts with the brown chaparral that hovers above it.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
