Churea

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chaparral \Cha`par*ral"\, n. [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen
     oak.]
     1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
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     2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets


        of thorny shrubs and brambles.
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     {Chaparral cock}; fem. {Chaparral hen} (Zool.), 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.
        [1913 Webster +PJC] chapati