scrub oak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scrub oak
An Americanism dating back to 1760–70
Example Sentences
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Deer have browsed seedlings of manzanita and island scrub oak — a Channel Islands endemic — into oblivion in some places, according to conservancy scientists.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024
With wild scrub oak and big, red sandstone formations, it looks like something from a John Wayne western.
From National Geographic • Jun. 29, 2018
Spent an hour getting scratched up by scrub oak and thorns looking for David’s drone that he crashed.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2018
We drove in his pickup with his two children to an off-road trailhead, through groves of aspen and scrub oak, pinyons and juniper and Ponderosa pines.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2015
Rocky was standing in a small clearing surrounded by thickets of scrub oak.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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