pin oak

American  

noun

1. an oak, Quercus palustris, characterized by the pyramidal manner of growth of its branches and deeply pinnatifid leaves.

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Etymology

Origin of pin oak

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

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pin oak

Each acorn was painted with colored bands to indicate its species: red oak, bur oak, black oak, white oak, swamp white oak, scarlet oak, pin oak, willow oak.

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

The spring revealed a dead 100-year-old pin oak on the property, another $5,000 bill, although the city shared in the cost of removal.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2022

She later bought her late grandmother’s house, a single-story structure of gray brick beneath the dense canopy of an old pin oak.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 16, 2017

In New England, the pin oak thrives, its leaves tipping to a thorny point in a good-natured impression of its evergreen neighbor the holly bush.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2016

There, between the hackberry tree and the pin oak, hidden by numerous weeds and shrubs, was the entrance to the abandoned mine shaft.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool