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SOUTHERN LIVE OAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does southern live oak mean?
• SOUTHERN LIVE OAK (noun)
The noun SOUTHERN LIVE OAK has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding
Familiarity information: SOUTHERN LIVE OAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Quercus virginiana; southern live oak
Hypernyms ("southern live oak" is a kind of...):
live oak (any of several American evergreen oaks)
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