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desert oak

desert oak noun: various oaks found in desert regions.

Noun

desert oak (plural desert oaks)

  1. Various oaks found in desert regions.
    • Var. frutescens, Engelmann, is a shrub from three to ten feet high, known in the Sierra Nevadas as Desert Oak.1884, Andrew Samuel Fuller, Practical Forestry
  2. (Australia) Any of several trees of dry parts of Australia, especially Acacia coriacea, Acacia sericophylla, and Allocasuarina decaisneana.
    • We passed through a stand of desert oaks, which are a species of casuarina and look less like an oak than a cactus.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 144
    • Molly and Gracie spent a lovely weekend with their families digging for kulgu yams and collecting bunches of yellow flowers from the desert oaks, which they brought home to share with those who stayed behind to take care of the old people and the dogs.1996, Doris Pinkington, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 169

Forms of desert oak

pluraldesert oaks

Questions about desert oak

What does desert oak mean?
Desert oak means various oaks found in desert regions.
What part of speech is desert oak?
Desert oak is a noun.
What is the plural of desert oak?
The plural of desert oak is desert oaks.

Words near desert oak in the dictionary

  1. desert mole rat
  2. desert mole rats
  3. desert monitor
  4. desert monitors
  5. desert mouse
  6. desert oak
  7. desert oaks
  8. desert onion
  9. desert onions
  10. Desert Palms
  11. desert pavement

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