evergreen oak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of evergreen oak
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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We passed through a district of stones and underwood of evergreen oak; clouds and rain coming on, which overtook us sharply as we reached the village.
From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James
Travelling several miles over a level plateau, we descended into a beautiful valley, richly carpeted with grass and timbered with evergreen oak.
From What I Saw in California by Bryant, Edwin
Beyond this, more prairie and a wood of evergreen oak.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
At first through an olive plantation, then among evergreen oak, and higher still the fragrant mountain pines.
From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James
Alas! the evergreen oak, one lime-tree, and the oldest elm alone were standing, and the bench had been drawn in beneath their shade.
From Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty by Lamartine, Alphonse de
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