Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An evergreen shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) in the rose family, native to California and Baja California, having small needlelike leaves in fascicles and clusters of small white flowers.
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- noun An
evergreen shrub native toCalifornia , Adenostoma fasciculatum in thebotanical family Rosaceae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His eyes followed it now, watched it break away from the clearing in shock and panic, seeking cover in the chamise scrub along the mountain trail it had come from days ago.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Skin Deep Jerome Preisler 2010
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It consists of chamise and various manzanitas that are adapted to periodic occurrence of fire.
California Coastal Chaparral Forest and Shrub Province (Bailey) 2009
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We're talking about manzanita, ceanothus, laurel sumac, chamise, scrub oak, and the other thorny scrubs that grow on the hills and up to about five or six thousand feet in the local ranges.
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Arctostaphylos spp. and chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum or mixed coniferous forest with ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa, incense-cedar Calocedrus decurrens, Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii, white fir Abies concolor and California black oak Quercus kelloggii.
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The most important species are chamise and manzanita.
California Coastal Range Open Woodland-Shrub-Coniferous Forest - Meadow Province (Bailey) 2009
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Manzanita, scrub oak, chamise, laurel sumac, California lilac, and buckwheat are among the predominant species of chaparral.
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Manzanita, scrub oak, chamise, laurel sumac, ceanothus, and buckwheat are types of chaparral, which thrives in Southern California's Mediterranean climate of mild winters with moderate precipitation and hot, dry summers.
Chris McGowan: A Clockwork Apocalypse: The Southern California Wildfire 2009
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Coast live oaks and madrone form coastal evergreen communities intermixed with coastal sage and chamise chaparral.
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Some coastal sage scrub occurs on the southern slopes of the Transverse Range, although chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) chaparral and scrub oak chaparral cover most lower habitats.
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Common shrubs include chamise, buckbrush or ceanothus, and manzanita.
kmassie commented on the word chamise
From the book White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Pg. 12
"Out the window, the glow of the Hollywood sign was slightly blurred with June fog, a soft wellness on the hills raising the smell of sage and chamise, moisture wiping the glass with dreams."
November 1, 2010