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encina

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en⋅ci⋅na

  [en-see-nuh]
–noun
1. the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
2. California live oak.
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Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; < AmerSp, Sp: holm oak, by syncope, shortening, and assimilation < LL īlicīna holm oak, orig. fem. of īlicīnus pertaining to holm oak, equiv. to L īlic- (s. of īlex) ilex + -īnus -ine 1

Related forms:
en⋅ci⋅nal, adjective

En⋅ci⋅na

  [en-thee-nah, -see]
–noun
Juan del  [hwahn del] , 1468?-1529?, Spanish poet, composer, and playwright.
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en·ci·na   (ěn-sē'nə)   
n.  See live oak.

[Spanish, holm oak, from Late Latin īlicīna, from Latin īlex, īlic-.]
live oak   (līv)   
n.  Any of several American evergreen oaks, such as Quercus virginiana of Mexico and the southeast United States or Q. agrifolia of California. Also called encina.
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