native oak
Britishnoun
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Alina Sadibekova, a junior at the magnet medical school, sat under native oak trees, breathing in the soil-rich air with a pen in hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
It’s an open question as to how much of the native oak savanna could be reclaimed, she said, but efforts are underway to map a once-distinct ecosystem in the heart of America.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2022
These native oak trees, which can support hundreds of different species of insects, birds and fungi, will be needed in the race to reforest the UK.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2022
On a hill above, benches overlook a grove of native oak trees not far from the house of former owner and newspaper publisher E. Manchester Boddy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak.
From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education
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