Akademik

bear oak

noun

shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets

• Syn: ↑Quercus ilicifolia

• Hypernyms: ↑scrub oak

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noun

Etymology: so called from its acorns' serving as food for bears and other wildlife

: a shrubby evergreen oak (Quercus ilicifolia) of the southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets

Useful english dictionary. 2012.