live oak

[ lahyv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.
any of various related trees.
the hard, durable wood of any of these trees.

live oak

/ laɪv /

a hard-wooded evergreen oak, Quercus virginianus, of S North America: used for shipbuilding

An Americanism dating back to 1600–10

It caused such a controversy that it later was moved to a more out-of-the-way cemetery called Live Oak.

That night she went and sat alone upon a bench that stood beneath a live oak tree at the edge of the gravel walk.

After that he and Mert, as by a common thought impelled, climbed out and went over to a bushy live oak to confer in privacy.

But I pushed on, and soon found myself in a dense grove of live oak.

The town is on a broad sandy plain, bordered by groves and thickets of live-oak, palmetto, and the coast pine.

The timber on this range consists of live oak, and various oaks resembling white burr and black oak, besides various shrubs.

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