noun. An area covered by a dense growth of mostly small-leaved evergreen shrubs, especially in central and southern California.

noun. A close growth, more or less extensive, of low evergreen oaks.

noun. Any very dense thicket of low thorny shrubs which exclusively occupy the ground; sometimes, a thick growth of cacti.

noun. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.

noun. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles.

noun. 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.

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noun. A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.

noun. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

"On steep hill and mountain slopes too dry to support oak woodland or oak forest, much of the vegetation is scrub or "dwarf forest" know as chaparral, which varies in composition with elevation and exposure."