scrub oak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scrub oak
An Americanism dating back to 1760–70
Example Sentences
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Because of it, thick scrub oak forests grew where the Santa Monica Freeway runs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
With wild scrub oak and big, red sandstone formations, it looks like something from a John Wayne western.
From National Geographic ● Jun. 29, 2018
Spent an hour getting scratched up by scrub oak and thorns looking for David’s drone that he crashed.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2018
Here’s the original clubhouse: And here’s the tennis court: The Links went dormant during the Depression and the Second World War, and they became overgrown with Chappy's newest residents: scrub oak and pitch pine.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
Keeping low, he headed for the closest cover—a scrub oak skirted with new suckers at its base, just a few full-bounds away.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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