scrub oak

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Definition of scrub oak in English English dictionary

the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak in the United States

Either of two thicket-forming shrubs or small trees, the deciduous Quercus ilcifolia of the eastern United States or the evergreen Q. dumosa of western regions

any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets

Related Terms

scrub oaks

plural form of scrub oak

Turkish pronunciation

skrʌb ōk

Pronunciation

/ˈskrəb ˈōk/ /ˈskrʌb ˈoʊk/

Etymology

[ 'skr&b ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, alteration of schrobbe shrub; more at SHRUB.