| Chaparral 1. (n.) A thicket of low evergreen oaks. 2. (n.) An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. Thesaurus Entries bosket, brake, canebrake, ceja, chamisal, chaparral, coppice, copse, copsewood, covert, frith, motte, thicket, thickset, underbrush, undergrowth, undershrubs, underwood |