chamise

noun cha·mise \shə-ˈmēs, chə-\

Definition of CHAMISE

: a California shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) of the rose family that forms dense stands in chaparral

modification of American Spanish chamiza

First Known Use: 1846

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