live oak
Noun
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Any of several American evergreen oaks (synset 112289758)
subtypes:
- california live oak, coast live oak, quercus agrifolia - highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves
- canyon live oak, canyon oak, iron oak, maul oak, quercus chrysolepis - medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves
- quercus virginiana, southern live oak - medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding
- interior live oak, quercus wislizenii, quercus wizlizenii - a small shrubby evergreen tree of western North America similar to the coast live oak but occurring chiefly in foothills of mountain ranges removed from the coast; an important part of the chaparral
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