The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chamisal
Chamisal \Cha`mi*sal"\, n. [Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. chamiza a kind of wild cane.]
(Bot.) A California rosaceous shrub ( Adenostoma fasciculatum) which often forms an impenetrable chaparral.
A chaparral formed by dense growths of this shrub.
Gazetteer
Chamisal, NM -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Mexico
Population (2000): 301
Housing Units (2000): 156
Land area (2000): 1.648861 sq. miles (4.270529 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.648861 sq. miles (4.270529 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14110
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 36.166127 N, 105.744224 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 87521
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Housing Units (2000): 156
Land area (2000): 1.648861 sq. miles (4.270529 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.648861 sq. miles (4.270529 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14110
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 36.166127 N, 105.744224 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 87521
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Usage examples of "chamisal".
There was also a variety of scrub oak, manzanita, chamisal, yucca, and mountain mahogany, all highly inflammable.
Just as I left the road to enter the chamisal an owl dropped out of the darkening sky, landing on a cedar post not ten yards away.