bluejack

[ bloo-jak ]

noun
  1. a small oak, Quercus incana, of the southern U.S., having crooked branches and blue-green leaves.

Origin of bluejack

1
1855–60, Americanism;blue + jack1, modeled after blackjack; so called from the bluish look of the leaves
  • Also called bluejack oak .

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