Definition of Chanal

1. Noun. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.

Exact synonyms: Chanar, Geoffroea Decorticans
Group relationships: Genus Geoffroea, Geoffroea
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chanal

championess
championesses
championing
championless
champions
champions-elect
championship
championships
champleve
champleves
champs
champurrado
chams
chamæleon
chamæleons
chanal (current term)
chanar
chance'd be a fine thing
chance(a)
chance-half correlation
chance-medley
chance event
chance fracture
chance on
chance one's arm
chance upon
chance variable
chance would be a fine thing
chanceable
chanceably

Literary usage of Chanal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"First explored by archeologist Vladimiro Rosado Ojeda in 1945, El chanal was the first to be explored in the state. It covers 124 acres on either side of ..."

2. At Home with the Patagonians: A Year's Wanderings Over Untrodden Ground from by George Chaworth Musters (1871)
"The chanal is the only one that impedes the traveller's progress, ... especially in summer or for small parties, the chanal grows to the height of ten to ..."

3. History of the Northwest Coast by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak (1884)
"A careful survey and map of Cloak Bay and Cox Channel was made in the ship's boat by Captain chanal; and by the same officer, aided by the surgeon ..."

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