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native oak

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noun

  1. another name for casuarina

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

He suggested planting native oak trees, which require no watering or maintenance.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2014

She mourns the groves and native oak and canyons that were swept away for the 210 Freeway, though the song is "about anywhere, really, that's lost its identity."

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2014

There is a forest, too, of native oak, and a chasse such as royalty never owned!'

From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Charles James Lever

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