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Chaparral vs Alpine - What's the difference?

chaparral | alpine |

As nouns the difference between chaparral and alpine

is that chaparral is a region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region while alpine is any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden.

As an adjective alpine is

of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timber line.

As a proper noun Alpine is

a CDP in California.

chaparral

English

(wikipedia chaparral)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter IV
  • *:It was quite dark when, after an arduous climb, the sheriff made his tortuous way through the chaparral to the point where Anthony Garland should be stationed.

    • See also

    * (l)

    alpine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timber line
  • (skiing); of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing. (Compare Nordic.)

    • Derived terms

    * alpine pasqueflower * alpine marmot

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden

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