Definition of Spanish oak

1. Noun. Small deciduous tree having the trunk branched almost from the base with spreading branches; Texas and southern Oklahoma.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish Oak

Spanish fly
Spanish garlic
Spanish gorse
Spanish green
Spanish grunt
Spanish guitar
Spanish ham
Spanish heath
Spanish influenza
Spanish iris
Spanish lime
Spanish lime tree
Spanish mackerel
Spanish monetary unit
Spanish moss
Spanish oak (current term)
Spanish omelet
Spanish omelets
Spanish omelette
Spanish omelettes
Spanish onion
Spanish oyster plant
Spanish paprika
Spanish people
Spanish peseta
Spanish pointer
Spanish practices
Spanish psyllium
Spanish rice
Spanish tamarind

Literary usage of Spanish oak

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

1. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"Spanish oak, lapping slightly with No. i in s. 111. and Ind. pg. 153. 84. i. Pin Oak, pg. 148. 2. Planer Tree, pg. 165, lapping with No. i in s. ..."

2. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"The Spanish oak (Quert-w* digitata (Q. falcata Michx.)) is at its best where the terraces merge into the lowland. Its sturdy trunk averages from 2 to 3 feet ..."

3. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Spanish oak (La.). Locality. New Jersey and Florida, westward intermittently to Illinois and Texas. Features of Tree. Thirty to seventy feet in height, ..."

4. The Olden Time: A Monthly Publication Devoted to the Preservation of by Neville B. Craig (1876)
"The Spanish oak, the place of beginning stood near the South bank of the ... The Hickory Corner, South from the Spanish oak, stood not far from the Buck ..."

5. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The leaves are thick and stiff; those of Spanish oak are thin and flexible. ... The range of the Spanish oak is from New Jersey to Florida and west to ..."

6. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The leaves are thick and stiff; those of Spanish oak are thin and flexible. ... The range of the Spanish oak is from New Jersey to Florida and west to ..."

7. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"and Spanish oak are to be favored at the expense of the other less valuable kinds of trees, which if left alone are apt to take their place. ..."

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