transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsha-pə-ˈral, -ˈrel ]
noun
Etymology: Spanish, from chaparro dwarf evergreen oak, from Basque txapar
Date: 1845
1. : a thicket of dwarf evergreen oaks ; broadly : a dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs or dwarf trees
2. : an ecological community composed of shrubby plants adapted to dry summers and moist winters that occurs especially in southern California