tanbark oak

noun

1. any oak that yields tanbark, especially the evergreen oak Notholithocarpus densiflora of the Pacific coast of North America.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tanbark oak¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

Other susceptible genera of the family Fagaceae are Chinese chestnut, Castanea mollissima, golden chinquapin, Castanopsis chrysophylla, tanbark oak, Lithocarpus densifiora, and Nothofagus from South America.

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Part II, Utilization of the wood of tanbark oak, by H.S.

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