matorral

From Spanish matorral.

matorral (plural matorrals)

1. A shrubland, a stunted woodland.

matorral (not comparable)

1. Of, typical found in, or pertaining to a matorral.
   • 2004, John Wainwright, John B. Thornes, Processes and Perspectives from the Past and Present, page 144:

     Other herbaceous species indicative of a matorral association are also present at this time (Aloïsi et al., 1978).

From mata +‎ -orro +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /matoˈral/ [ma.t̪oˈral]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧to‧rral

matorral m (plural matorrales)

1. brush, scrub (wild vegetation)

   Synonym: pajonal

2. thicket, copse

   Synonyms: bosquecillo, espesura, soto

• “matorral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024