scrub oak

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English - English
the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak in the United States
Either of two thicket-forming shrubs or small trees, the deciduous Quercus ilcifolia of the eastern United States or the evergreen Q. dumosa of western regions
any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets
scrub oaks
plural form of scrub oak
scrub oak

    Turkish pronunciation

    skrʌb ōk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈskrəb ˈōk/ /ˈskrʌb ˈoʊk/

    Etymology

    [ 'skr&b ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, alteration of schrobbe shrub; more at SHRUB.
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