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.

Origin:
1760–70, Americanism

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scrub oak

noun
any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets 
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Example sentences
The area also offers wetlands and wet meadows surrounded by scrub oak
  hillsides, croplands, and sagebrush below the dam.
Mule deer peek out from behind desert scrub oak, as vultures soar high overhead.
The last brown scrub oak leaves curling closed toward winter.
The campground is forested with maple, scrub oak and fir trees, which offer
  plentiful shade and pretty fall color.
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