chaparral
[Spanish, from chaparro, evergreen oak, from Basque txapar, diminutive of saphar, thicket]
a biome characterized by hot dry summers and cool moist winters and dominated by a dense growth of mostly small-leaved evergreen shrubs
a short-range low-altitude surface-to-air missile consisting of a turret mounted on a tracked vehicle carrying four ready-to-fire missiles
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