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

What occurred with chestnut oak and hemlock in the East, is occurring with tanbark oak in the West.

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A few months later, when fire runs through, the end of the tanbark oak on that tract is accomplished.

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It would seem, therefore, that the tanbark oak will hold at least part of the ground where nature planted it.

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The structure is similar to that of California live oak, but the pores of tanbark oak are smaller.

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In northern California the bark is sometimes mixed with that of tanbark oak and sold to tanneries.

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