chestnut oak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chestnut oak
An Americanism dating back to 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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She could discriminate among the twigs and branches of chestnut oak, tulip poplar, white pine, and so forth, as I could not.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2020
Planted around the gallery are chestnut oak, cherry, redwood, plum, magnolia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2020
Hudson documented chestnut, oak, and hickory trees as well as salt marshes populated by turkey, elk, black bears, and beavers.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 14, 2018
The chestnut oak is a creature of rocky, upland woodlands; the black oak inhabits such places, too, but is most at home in deeper, richer soil.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2015
After dinner he would lean back against the base of an old chestnut oak, put his hands under his head, and watch the aerie.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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