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单词 chamise
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Definition of chamise in English:

chamise

(also chamiso)
nounPlural chamisos, Plural chamises(t)ʃəˈmiːzSHaˈmēs
  • An evergreen shrub with small narrow leaves, common in the chaparral of California, US.

    Adenostoma fasciculatum, family Rosaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He investigated the question of herb suppression within chamise chaparral.
    • Soil under chamise shrubs was collected (with leaf litter removed) and heated at various temperatures then watered.
    • Analysis of chamise, sampled from southern California shrublands, indicates that the ratio of dead to live components is not related reliably to age of shrub canopy.
    • Interestingly, of the six native fire-followers exposed to chamise leachate, none showed significant differences in germination rates from the control.
    • The region's ubiquitous chaparral, those lion-colored hills of chamise, oak and manzanita, is an incitement to fire.
    • At the higher elevations, manzanita is the abundant shrub, while midslope shrubs include chamise, coffeeberry, redberry, and two kinds of mountain mahoganies.
    • Following a fire, Chamise sprouts rapidly from its basal burl (root crown) and soon outgrows most competitors.
    • In one series of experiments, eight test plots were established under the chamise canopy to examine the effect of four factors: animal activity, soil heating, additional nutrients, and heating plus nutrients.
    • Each species was then subjected to three different treatments: aqueous leachate from chamise foliage, powdered charred chamise wood, and leachate and charred wood.
    • In California's Santa Ynez Mountains, the striped insects tend to be more common on a plant called chamise while the unstriped ones predominate on blue lilac.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Mexican Spanish chamiso.

 
 

Definition of chamise in US English:

chamise

nounSHaˈmēs
  • An evergreen shrub with small narrow leaves, common in the chaparral of California.

    Adenostoma fasciculatum, family Rosaceae

    Also called greasewood
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the higher elevations, manzanita is the abundant shrub, while midslope shrubs include chamise, coffeeberry, redberry, and two kinds of mountain mahoganies.
    • Following a fire, Chamise sprouts rapidly from its basal burl (root crown) and soon outgrows most competitors.
    • In one series of experiments, eight test plots were established under the chamise canopy to examine the effect of four factors: animal activity, soil heating, additional nutrients, and heating plus nutrients.
    • Each species was then subjected to three different treatments: aqueous leachate from chamise foliage, powdered charred chamise wood, and leachate and charred wood.
    • Interestingly, of the six native fire-followers exposed to chamise leachate, none showed significant differences in germination rates from the control.
    • He investigated the question of herb suppression within chamise chaparral.
    • Soil under chamise shrubs was collected (with leaf litter removed) and heated at various temperatures then watered.
    • The region's ubiquitous chaparral, those lion-colored hills of chamise, oak and manzanita, is an incitement to fire.
    • In California's Santa Ynez Mountains, the striped insects tend to be more common on a plant called chamise while the unstriped ones predominate on blue lilac.
    • Analysis of chamise, sampled from southern California shrublands, indicates that the ratio of dead to live components is not related reliably to age of shrub canopy.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Mexican Spanish chamiso.

 
 
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