Definition of Shingle oak

1. Noun. Small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles.

Exact synonyms: Laurel Oak, Quercus Imbricaria
Generic synonyms: Oak, Oak Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shingle Oak

shindy
shindys
shine
shine-dalgarno sequence
shine at
shine up
shined
shiner
shiners
shines
shiness
shinesses
shinest
shineth
shingle
shingle oak (current term)
shingle tree
shingled
shingler
shinglers
shingles
shinglier
shingling
shingly
shinguard
shinguards
shini-tai
shinier
shinies
shiniest

Literary usage of Shingle oak

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

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1909)
"is a hybrid between the shingle oak Fig. t. Quercus Leana on grounds of Captain ... Quercus imbricaria, Michx., shingle oak.—A forest tree usually 60 to 75 ..."

2. The Trees of Northeastern America by Charles Stedman Newhall (1890)
"shingle oak, Laurel Oak. Q. imbricaria, Michx. Leaves, SIMPLE ; ALTERNATE ; EDGE ENTIRE. Outline, long and narrow. Apex, pointed and bristle- tipped. ..."

3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The shingle oak, or Laurel Oak (Q. imbricaria, Michx.)— A tree 60 to 1oo feet high, pyramidal, becoming round headed at length; branches slender. ..."

4. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The shingle oak, or Laurel Oak (Q. imbricaria, Michx.)— A tree 60 to 100 feet high, pyramidal, becoming round headed at length; branches slender. ..."

5. Our Native Trees and how to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits by Harriet Louise Keeler (1900)
"The shingle oak has a smooth bark and for three-fourths of its height is laden ... The leaves of Laurel Oak or shingle oak are very narrow, almost linear ..."

6. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1915)
"The leaves seem quite analagous to those of the new form of shingle oak mentioned in a recent number of this magazine. In Forest Leaves for April an ..."

7. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"The shingle oak frequently forms hybrids with other oaks, and it is possible that the specimen reported by Mr. Bates in this magazine for November, 1917, ..."

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