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Definition of Tanbark oak

1. Noun. Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tanbark Oak

Literary usage of Tanbark oak

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

1. Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use: Embracing the Principal by Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919)
"The above figures of production, cost and yield are largely taken from Benson.1 TANBARK OAK tanbark oak (Quercus densiflora) is a native of southern Oregon, ..."

2. Forest Products, Their Manufacture and Use: Embracing the Principal by Nelson Courtlandt Brown (1919)
"The above figures of production, cost and yield are largely taken from Benson.1 TANBARK OAK tanbark oak (Quercus densiflora) is a native of southern Oregon, ..."

3. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1911)
"California tanbark oak: Part I. tanbark oak and the Tanning Industry, by WL Jepson; Part II. Utilization of the Wood of tanbark oak, by HS Betts; Part III. ..."

4. Catalogue of the Library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University by Ethelyn Maria Tucker, Charles Sprague Sargent (1917)
"LITHOCARPUS Belts, HS Utilization of the wood of tanbark oak. (In JEPSON, \VL, and others. ... California tanbark oak. Washington. King, Sir George. ..."

5. Journal by California Legislature (1905)
"Some difficulty was experienced in securing the necessary acorns, especially of the tanbark oak. They were finally obtained, partly from Marin County ..."

6. History of the Lumber Industry of America by James Elliott Defebaugh (1906)
"104 " The tanbark oak (of California) is usually seventy or eighty, or sometimes nearly 100 feet in height, and although its trunk generally does not exceed ..."

7. History of the Lumber Industry of America by James Elliott Defebaugh (1906)
"It is richest in tannin of any of the oaks, a far western variety, the tanbark oak of California (Q. densiflora),104 also having this as its principal use. ..."

8. Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States: Their Names and Ranges by George Bishop Sudworth (1898)
"Am. (California) tanbark oak. RANGE. — Southern Oregon (Umpqua River) and ... tanbark oak (Gal.); Chestnut Oak (Gal.); California Chestnut Oak (Oreg. ..."

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