noun
any of several American evergreen oaks (Freq. 1)
• Hyponyms:
↑coast live oak, ↑California live oak, ↑Quercus agrifolia, ↑canyon oak, ↑canyon live oak, ↑maul oak, ↑iron oak, ↑Quercus chrysolepis, ↑southern live oak, ↑Quercus virginiana, ↑interior live oak, ↑Quercus wislizenii, ↑Quercus wizlizenii
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noun : any of several American evergreen oaks: as
a. : a medium-sized oak (Quercus virginiana) that is native to eastern No. America from Virginia southward to the eastern coast of Mexico, is often cultivated as a shelter and shade tree because of its rapid growth and wide-spreading shapely form, and is noted for its extremely hard tough durable wood once much used in shipbuilding
b. : any of various western No. American oaks (as canyon live oak, coast live oak, interior live oak) with evergreen foliage and hard durable wood
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/luyv/
1. an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.
2. any of various related trees.
3. the hard, durable wood of any of these trees.
[1600-10, Amer.]
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live oak noun
An American evergreen oak, with durable wood
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Main Entry: ↑live
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live oak «lyv»,
1. an evergreen oak of the United States; encina. It has heavy, hard, strong, durable wood and is valued as a shade tree.
2. its wood, formerly used especially in shipbuilding.
3. any one of various other evergreen oaks.
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[līv]n. a large, spreading oak of the southern U.S. that has leathery, elliptical evergreen leaves. Live oaks typically support a large quantity of Spanish moss and other epiphytes. ● Quercus virginiana, family Fagaceae
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/ˈlaıv-/ noun, pl ⋯ oaks [count]
: a large type of oak tree that grows in the southern U.S.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.