scrub oak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scrub oak
An Americanism dating back to 1760–70
Example Sentences
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It’s a small herd, as herds go, about 60 goats rustling through sagebrush and desert almond, buckwheat and scrub oak trees.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2018
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
The genuine links, laid out in 1921 by a local amateur with the Gatsby-like name of H. Emerson Armstrong, offers sand dunes, scrub oak, Scotch broom and salty air.
From Golf Digest • Nov. 3, 2014
The ephemeral bloom of a sego lily peeks from the toe of a ninety-foot stone arch, and canyon wrens call back and forth in plaintive tones from a thatch of scrub oak.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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