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scrub oak
noun
- any of several oaks, as Quercus ilicifolia and Q. prinoides, characterized by a scrubby manner of growth, usually found in dry, rocky soil.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scrub oak1
An Americanism dating back to 1760–70
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Example Sentences
Before he could draw a bead, the rabbit vanished behind a distant scrub oak.
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Halted at a pond on the left of the road, 15 miles, where we saw the first oak since we left New Mexico, and this was scrub oak.
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This part of the country is well watered, but sandy; hilly soil; pine, scrub oak, etc.
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For long he staggered under his heavy pack through thickets of scrub oak, white-cedar swamps, and tangles of greenthorn.
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The portage commenced on the edge of an open pine forest, interspersed with scrub oak.
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