(a) one of several North American dwarf oaks; (b) Casuarina cunninghamii.

(a) an oak-sapling; (b) a species of dwarf-oak.

= scrub oak n. at scrub, n.1 compounds 6.

a small shrubby oak native to eastern North America, Quercus ilicifolia, which has acorns used a source of food by bears.

applied to dwarf varieties of oak which form thick low-growing underwood, e.g. Quercus chinquapin.

An evergreen oak, Quercus sadleriana (family Fagaceae), of western North America, having large serrated leaves and a shrubby growth habit. Also Sadle…