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Noun: chaparral pea  ,cha-pu'ral pee
  1. Spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California
    "Chaparral pea thrives in the harsh conditions of California's mountain slopes";
    - stingaree-bush, Pickeringia montana

Derived forms: chaparral peas

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Pickeringia, Pickeringia

Encyclopedia: Chaparral pea