chaparral broom
- noun
- /ˌʃæpəˈræl bruːm/
- Specialized
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escoba del chaparral
- In spring, the chaparral broom produces clusters of small white flowers.
Examples
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Local gardeners often use chaparral broom as a drought-tolerant landscaping plant.
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The chaparral broom thrives in dry, rocky soils throughout Arizona and New Mexico.
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The chaparral broom blooms beautifully in spring.
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Many chaparral brooms thrive in arid climates.
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In spring, the chaparral broom produces clusters of small white flowers.
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Local gardeners often use chaparral broom as a drought-tolerant landscaping plant.
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The chaparral broom thrives in dry, rocky soils throughout Arizona and New Mexico.
Synonyms
A spreading evergreen shrub with small flowers that grows on dry hills in the southwestern United States
A spreading evergreen shrub with small flower clusters that grows on California coastal hills
A low evergreen shrub that spreads widely with many small flower clusters
An evergreen bush with small clustered flowers that spreads in the southwestern United States
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward modifier+noun compound: 'chaparral' (dry-area shrubs) modifies 'broom' (a woody shrub), so a learner who knows both constituents will readily infer it refers to a type of broom/shrub found in chaparral. While fine-grained attributes like 'widely spreading' or specific floral structure are not fully deducible, the basic category (a shrub of the chaparral) is transparently derived from the parts.
Etymology
Chaparral broom comes from a simple picture: chaparral means dry, bushy country and broom means a twiggy plant once used to make brooms. So the name describes a broom-like shrub that grows in dry places, which is why it names this spreading evergreen 'shrub'.
