Definition of Blackjack oak
1. Noun. A common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets.
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Literary usage of Blackjack oak
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1. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"Where the soil is poor and sandy as in southern Mecklenburg, there is a reoccurrence
of the pine, post oak, and blackjack oak growth, with the pine as an ..."
2. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica). Southern New York, westward to Kansas and
southward into Texas. Color, dark, rich brown. Wood, heavy, hard and strong, ..."
3. Observations on Forest Scenery by William Gilpin (1834)
"This tree is, in certain districts of America, known by the name of the jack, or
blackjack oak; we must therefore take care not to confound it with the ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1862)
"... whose parasite the Spanish moss gives it so funereal an appearance; the
blackjack oak (Q. nigra), whose wide-spreading roots form a corduroy network, ..."
5. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"Where the soil is poor and sandy as in southern Mecklenburg, there is a reoccurrence
of the pine, post oak, and blackjack oak growth, with the pine as an ..."
6. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica). Southern New York, westward to Kansas and
southward into Texas. Color, dark, rich brown. Wood, heavy, hard and strong, ..."
7. Observations on Forest Scenery by William Gilpin (1834)
"This tree is, in certain districts of America, known by the name of the jack, or
blackjack oak; we must therefore take care not to confound it with the ..."
8. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1862)
"... whose parasite the Spanish moss gives it so funereal an appearance; the
blackjack oak (Q. nigra), whose wide-spreading roots form a corduroy network, ..."
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