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How to pronounce chaparral
“chaparral” pronunciation in American English
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“chaparral” in real sentences
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chaparral from the landscape.
USGS
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You can hike through the chaparral, amid wild lilacs and mountain mahogany.
The Obama White House
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So, chaparral is a bush you'd see in the west of the United States.
NIH
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Welcome to California Chaparral that's what you guys just lit off okay that's
Jeremy Stovall
Why real speech
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