encina
noun
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
encinal
-
a word derived from
encina.
Example Sentences
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We turned westward from the encinal at a gallop, passing about midway between Santa Maria and the home ranch.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams
Lance Lovelace located a ranch a few miles south of the Nueces River, and, from the cooing of the doves in the encinal, named it Las Palomas.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams
Dan Happersett knew the camping spot, so I went with him, and together we took a big circle through the encinal, keeping alert for game signs.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams
From the ranch we rode for the encinal ridges and sandy lands to the southeast, where the fallow-weed still throve in rank profusion, and where our heaviest steers were liable to range.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams
We only have a sweet mast about every three or four years in the encinal, but it always brings the wild pigeons.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams
