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 [en-see-nuh]  

en·ci·na

   [en-see-nuh]
noun
1.
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
2.
California live oak.
Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; < American Spanish, Spanish: holm oak, by syncope, shortening, and assimilation < Late Latin īlicīna holm oak, orig. feminine of īlicīnus pertaining to holm oak, equivalent to Latin īlic- (stem of īlex) ilex + -īnus -ine1

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En·ci·na

   [en-thee-nah, -see]
noun
Juan del  [hwahn del] , 1468?-1529?, Spanish poet, composer, and playwright.
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