evergreen oak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of evergreen oak
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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Beyond this, more prairie and a wood of evergreen oak.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
The ceiling was of wood, crossed by heavy beams of the evergreen oak, without ornament.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
He was sitting in his tent, which was pitched in the shade of a great evergreen oak, when the deputies arrived.
From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
One night, when the camp was pitched in a valley four leagues from Murcia, Andrew seated himself at the foot of a cork-tree, and Clement near him under an evergreen oak.
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
For hours we wound round p. 255and round within this cool and refreshing labyrinth of arbutus, bellota or evergreen oak, aspen, clematis, broom, and what looked like the sloe, besides other and unknown vegetation.
From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James
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