encina
noun
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
encina
1 American
[en-see-nuh]
/ ɛnˈsi nə /
Encina
2
American
[en-thee-nah, -see]
/ ɛnˈθi nɑ, -ˈsi /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of encina
An Americanism first recorded in 1905–10; from Latin American Spanish, Spanish: “holm oak,” by syncope, shortening, and assimilation, from Late Latin īlicīna “holm oak,” originally feminine of īlicīnus “pertaining to holm oak,” equivalent to Latin īlic- (stem of īlex ) ilex 1 + -īnus -ine 1
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The she-goats, on the other hand, had scattered a little this way or that as this blade of grass or that spray of encina had allured them.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The typical tree of Castile is the encina, a kind of live-oak that grows low with dense bluish foliage and a ribbed, knotted and contorted trunk; it always grows singly and on dry hills.
From Rosinante to the Road Again by John Dos Passos
It was under an encina that I sat all one long morning reading up in reviews and textbooks on the theory of law, the life and opinions of Don Francisco.
From Rosinante to the Road Again by John Dos Passos
Not only do tall pines grow everywhere, but there is a thick undergrowth of encina; the Yucca is large and green, mountain sage covers the soil, and grassy levels are dotted with flowers.
From Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
ExxonMobil, New Hope Energy, Nexus Circular, Eastman, Encina and other companies are planning to build large plastics recycling plants.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
Last year, a 400-foot smokestack at the shuttered 1950s-era Encina Power Station in Carlsbad was torn down, over the objections of preservationists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
The desk accessory world is changing fast, too, with new brands and new kinds of products coming out; Encina even says he’s working on something with Grovemade, though he won’t say what it is.
From The Verge ● Aug. 3, 2022
Commissioners said the center is necessary to plug the hole left by the Encina shutdown and the 2013 closure of the San Onofre nuclear plant near San Clemente.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2015
And Herbert Hoover was enrolled the following October among the first students, the "pioneer class" of Stanford University, and was actually the first Stanford student to inhabit the beautiful great new dormitory called Encina Hall.
From Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work by Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman) Kellogg
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