evergreen oak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of evergreen oak
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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The carver Holme, or evergreen oak, was good for carving.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Spenser, Edmund
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
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
Alas! the evergreen oak, one lime-tree, and the oldest elm alone were standing, and the bench had been drawn in beneath their shade.
From Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty by Lamartine, Alphonse de
We now had great trees of ivy, we had the evergreen oak, and occasionally gigantic tulip-trees.
From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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