bluejack

[ bloo-jak ]

noun

1. a small oak, Quercus incana, of the southern U.S., having crooked branches and blue-green leaves.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bluejack¹

1855–60, Americanism; blue + jack ¹, modeled after blackjack; so called from the bluish look of the leaves

Example Sentences

I guess Bluejack National will have to serve as its proxy.

From Golf Digest

That experience will be done with the help of Tiger and his design team, which adds this project to a building list of courses, including a new course opening, Payne's Valley, which will open at Missouri's Big Cedar Lodge in 2020, following new courses at Bluejack National outside Houston, which made Golf Digest's Second 100 Greatest in its first year of eligibility and El Cardonal at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, among others.

From Golf Digest

Bluejack National made its debut on Golf Digest's Second 100 Greatest at No. 114, Tiger's first course on a Golf Digest nationwide ranking.

From Golf Digest

The seventh hole at Bluejack National.

From Golf Digest

Among his projects, Bluejack National was recently named to Golf Digest's America's Second 100 Greatest Golf Courses and his first public golf course in the U.S.,

From Golf Digest