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Definition of Chamiso
1. Noun. an evergreen shrub, ''Atriplex canescens'', found in the southwestern United States ¹
2. Noun. an evergreen shrub native to California, ''Adenostoma fasciculata'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chamiso
1. a flowering shrub [n -SOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamiso
Literary usage of Chamiso
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States: A Descriptive by Edgar Alexander Mearns (1907)
"... Lower California, its range being much narrower than that of the common shrubby
chamiso (Adenostoma ..."
2. The Arctic Regions, and Polar Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century by Peter Lund Simmonds (1860)
"A barrel of flour and other articles were buried on the sandy point of chamiso,
for Franklin, which it was hoped would escape the prying eyes of the natives ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The^chamiso and the manzanita, with a variety of shrubby oaks and other thorny
... If the chamiso occurs alone, the thicket is known as a " chamisal ' The ..."
4. Arctic Explorations and Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century: Being by Samuel Mosheim Smucker (1886)
"After this narrow escape from shipwreck they beat up to chamiso Island, which
they reached on the 10th of September. Not finding the barge returned as ..."
5. Arctic Explorations and Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century by Samuel Mosheim Smucker, William L. Allison (1886)
"After leaving advices for Franklin, as before, the Blossom finally left chamiso
on the 6th of October. In a haze and strong wind she ran between the land ..."
6. Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions by Peter Lund Simmonds (1852)
"After leaving advices for Franklin, as before, the Blossom finally left chamiso
on the 6th of October. In a haze and strong wind she ran between the land ..."
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