Definition of Box white oak

1. Noun. Small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts.

Exact synonyms: Brash Oak, Iron Oak, Post Oak, Quercus Stellata
Generic synonyms: Oak, Oak Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Box White Oak

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box white oak (current term)
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Literary usage of Box white oak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Class-book of Botany by Alphonso Wood (1851)
"... lobes very obtuse, the 3 upper ones dilated, 2-lobed ; cal hemispherical 9 acorn oval, — The iron oak, called also post oak, box white oak, turkey oak, ..."

2. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"452. ; Iron Oak, Box white Oak, American Turkey Oak, Amer. Engravings. Michx. Quer., No. 1. t. 1. ; N. Amer. Syl., 1. t. 0.; the plate of this tree in Arb. ..."

3. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"Oak, Box white Oak, American Turkey " Oak (so called, because the acorns, which arc sweet, are eaten by the wild turkeys), upland white ..."

4. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... it is called the box white oak, and sometimes the iron oak, and the post oak. The last denomination only is used in the Carolinas, Georgia, ..."

5. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"box white oak (RI). Brash Oak (Md.). Chene etoile (Quebec). Locality. East of Rocky Mountains — Massachusetts to northern Florida, westward intermittently ..."

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