evergreen oak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of evergreen oak
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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Advanced gradually down a woody glen of the usual evergreen oak and pine.
From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James
Travelling several miles over a level plateau, we descended into a beautiful valley, richly carpeted with grass and timbered with evergreen oak.
From What I Saw in California by Bryant, Edwin
This was at the entrance of woods of the evergreen oak, with hawthorn, many trees of each kind twined round with honeysuckle.
From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James
The plain is watered by several arroyos, skirted with timber, generally the evergreen oak.
From What I Saw in California by Bryant, Edwin
Beyond this, more prairie and a wood of evergreen oak.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
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