Definition of Quercus chrysolepis

1. Noun. Medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves.

Exact synonyms: Canyon Live Oak, Canyon Oak, Iron Oak, Maul Oak
Generic synonyms: Live Oak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Chrysolepis

Quellung reaction
Quemoy
Quentin
Quentin Jerome Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quenu
Quenu's haemorrhoidal plexus
Quenu-Muret sign
Quenya
Quercus agrifolia
Quercus alba
Quercus arizonica
Quercus bicolor
Quercus borealis
Quercus cerris
Quercus chrysolepis (current term)
Quercus coccinea
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Quercus falcata
Quercus garryana
Quercus grosseserrata
Quercus ilex
Quercus ilicifolia
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus incana
Quercus kelloggii
Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
Quercus lobata
Quercus lyrata

Literary usage of Quercus chrysolepis

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

1. The Broad-sclerophyll Vegetation of California: An Ecological Study of the by William Skinner Cooper (1922)
"Quercus chrysolepis and Q. wislizeni, growing in dense thickets 3 to 5 meters in height, are dominant, an occasional full- sized tree of Q. chrysolepis ..."

2. ... California Gall-making Cynipidae with Descriptions of New Species by Mary Isabel McCracken, Dorothy Barnes Egbert (1922)
"Quercus chrysolepis Liebmann. Type.—"No. 3066, USNM" Type locality. ... It is believed that Quercus chrysolepis is a case of mistaken host identity for this ..."

3. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Fig. 91. Leaves 1 to 2 (sometimes even 4) inches ... MAUL OAK (Quercus chrysolepis Liebm.) ; a, entire leaf; b, toothed leaf ; g, ..."

4. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. NOMENCLATURE (Sudworth). ... The Highland Live Oak differs from the Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis) in the fact that the leaves of ..."

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