live oak (l v)n. Any of several American evergreen oaks, such as Quercus virginiana of Mexico and the southeast United States or Q. agrifolia of California. Also called encina. |
live oak [laɪv]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a hard-wooded evergreen oak, Quercus virginianus, of S North America: used for shipbuilding
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| Noun | 1. |  live oak - any of several American evergreen oaksoak tree, oak - a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns" California live oak, coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia - highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves canyon live oak, canyon oak, maul oak, Quercus chrysolepis, iron oak - medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves Quercus virginiana, southern live oak - medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding interior live oak, Quercus wislizenii, Quercus wizlizenii - a small shrubby evergreen tree of western North America similar to the coast live oak but occurring chiefly in foothills of mountain ranges removed from the coast; an important part of the chaparral |
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