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encinal

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en⋅ci⋅na

[en-see-nuh]
–noun
1. the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
2. California live oak.

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


en⋅ci⋅nal, adjective
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