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Definition of Canyon oak
1. Noun. Medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canyon Oak
Literary usage of Canyon oak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"canyon oak, Iron Oak, Maul Canyon Live Oak, Black Live Oak, Valparaiso Oak (Cal.).
Oak, Golden-cup Oak (Cal.). Locality. West of Rocky Mountains, canyons, ..."
2. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"canyon oak, Iron Oak, Maul Oak, Canyon Live Oak, Black Live Valparaiso Oak (Cal.).
Oak, Golden-cup Oak (Cal.). LOCALITIES. West of the Rocky Mountains, ..."
3. He Usually Lived with a Female: The Life of a California Newspaperman by George Garrigues (2006)
"A whole canyon, oak trees, landscaped gardens and what have you. The owner used
to work on the Express at thirty-five dollars a week. ..."
4. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1915)
"The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad passes through Leamington and
Sevier Canyon. Oak Creek is reached by stage from Leamington. ..."
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