noun
highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves
• Syn: ↑coast live oak, ↑Quercus agrifolia
• Hypernyms: ↑live oak
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nounUsage: usually capitalized C
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an evergreen oak, Quercus agrifolia, of the western coast of the U.S., having leathery leaves and a short, stout trunk. Also called coast live oak.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.