scrub oak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scrub oak
An Americanism dating back to 1760–70
Example Sentences
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Vibrant yucca, scrub oak and sage stood alongside dried-out chaparral.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025
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
There, the scrub oak was lying splintered and smoking over the bank, its blackened branches in the water.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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