Definition of California black oak

1. Noun. Large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves.

Exact synonyms: Quercus Kelloggii
Generic synonyms: Oak, Oak Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of California Black Oak

Calicut
Calidris
Calidris Ferruginea
Calidris canutus
Calidris melanotos
Calif.
California
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California Condor
California Condors
California Personality Inventory
California Spangled Cat
California allspice
California bay tree
California beauty
California black oak
California black walnut
California blackberries
California blackberry
California blanket
California bluebell
California box elder
California buckthorn
California buckwheat
California coffee
California condor
California dandelion
California dewberries
California dewberry

Literary usage of California black oak

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

1. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"california black oak, simply called Black Oak in the field, is a graceful tree 30 to 85 feet high with broad rounded crown and trunk 1 to 4J4 feet in ..."

2. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"The california black oak was first collected in 1846 near the Spanish town of Sonoma by Hartweg, a botanical explorer of the London Horticultural Society. ..."

3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... especial value in mechanical construction, being hard, tough, strong and durable. It is also valuable as fuel. The Kellogg Oak, or california black oak ..."

4. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"california black oak (Quercus californica). Western Oregon, southward through California-coast mountains and western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. ..."

5. Report by California Division of Forestry (1919)
"california black oak (Quercus californica). california black oak is found at middle elevations. In the Sierra Nevadas it mingles with western yellow pine at ..."

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