| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| chamise |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cha·mi·se |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ch -m z |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also cha·mi·so (-ms ) |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. cha·mi·ses also cha·mi·sos
An evergreen shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) in the rose family, native to California, having small needlelike leaves in fascicles and clusters of small white flowers. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish chamisa, from Galician chamiça, dry brush, firewood, from chama, flame, from Latin flamma. See flame.
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