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live oak
[lahyv]
noun
an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.
any of various related trees.
the hard, durable wood of any of these trees.
live oak
/ ɪ /
noun
a hard-wooded evergreen oak, Quercus virginianus, of S North America: used for shipbuilding
Word History and Origins
Origin of live oak1
Example Sentences
On Saturday morning, the volunteers spent hours pulling up the black mustard, focusing on a patch of land with five large coast live oaks.
I offered my loneliness and heartbreak to the live oaks and sycamores, refuse they could make into something useful the same way they convert carbon dioxide into oxygen.
And plein-air painters filled their canvases with the dramatic silhouettes of the California live oak.
Having healthy, irrigated California live oak and sycamore trees on your property can save your house, Syphard said.
The coast live oaks, one of the most effective lines of natural fire defense in the mountains, started struggling too.
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