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scrub oak

scrub oak noun: california scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia).

Noun

scrub oak (plural scrub oaks)

  1. (US) California scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia)
  2. (US) coastal scrub oak (Quercus dumosa), variously circumscribed.
  3. (US) leather oak (Quercus durata)
  4. (US) Tucker oak (Quercus john-tuckeri)
  5. (US) island scrub oak (Quercus pacifica)
  6. (US) Santa Cruz Island oak (Quercus parvula)
  7. (US) Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii)
  8. (US) Emory oak (Quercus emoryi)
  9. (US) Sonoran scrub oak (Quercus turbinella)
  10. (US) Quercus × pauciloba (=Quercus undulata)
  11. (US) In the northeastern United States
  12. (US) bear oak (Quercus ilicifolia)
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  1. (US) Chapman oak (Quercus chapmanii)
  2. (US) myrtle oak (Quercus myrtifolia)
  3. (US) Sandhill oak (Quercus inopina)
  4. (US) sand live oak (Quercus geminata)
  5. (US) turkey oak (Quercus laevis)
  6. (US) In Europe
  7. (US) kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)

Forms of scrub oak

pluralscrub oaks

Questions about scrub oak

What does scrub oak mean?
Scrub oak means california scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia).
What part of speech is scrub oak?
Scrub oak is a noun.
What is the plural of scrub oak?
The plural of scrub oak is scrub oaks.

Words near scrub oak in the dictionary

  1. Scrub Island
  2. scrub jay
  3. scrub jays
  4. scrub nurse
  5. scrub nurses
  6. scrub oak
  7. scrub oaks
  8. scrub out
  9. scrub pine
  10. scrub pines
  11. scrub rider

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