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tanbark oak

American  

noun

  1. any oak that yields tanbark, especially the evergreen oak Notholithocarpus densiflora of the Pacific coast of North America.

Etymology

Origin of tanbark oak

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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Other susceptible genera of the family Fagaceae are Chinese chestnut, Castanea mollissima, golden chinquapin, Castanopsis chrysophylla, tanbark oak, Lithocarpus densifiora, and Nothofagus from South America.

From Project Gutenberg

Part II, Utilization of the wood of tanbark oak, by H.S.

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