post oakn.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊst əʊk/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊst ˌoʊk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.¹, oak n.

Etymology: < post n.¹ + oak n.

Any of several kinds of North American oak having hard close-grained durable wood much used for posts, sleepers, etc., esp.: (a) Quercus stellata, found in sandy soils of the central and eastern United States (also called iron-oak); (b) (in full swamp post oak) Q. lyrata, of river swamps in the southern United States (also called overcup oak).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > oak as timber tree

oakeOE

oak treeOE

mountain oak1609

white oak1610

Spanish oak1716

iron oak1724

post oak1775

Slavonian1809

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks

red oakOE

cerre-tree1577

gall-tree1597

robur1601

kermes1605

live oak1610

white oak1610

royal oak1616

swamp-oak1683

grey oak1697

rock oak1699

chestnut oak1703

water oak1709

Spanish oak1716

turkey-oak1717

willow oak1717

iron oak1724

maiden oak1725

scarlet oak1738

black jack1765

post oak1775

durmast1791

mountain chestnut oak1801

quercitron oak1803

laurel oak1810

mossy-cup oak1810

rock chestnut oak1810

pin oak1812

overcup oak1814

overcup white oak1814

bur oak1815

jack oak1816

mountain oak1818

shingle-oak1818

gall-oak1835

peach oak1835

golden oak1838

weeping oak1838

Aleppo oak1845

Italian oak1858

dyer's oak1861

Gambel's Oak1878

maul oak1884

punk oak1884

sessile oak1906

Garry oak1908

roble1908

1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 18 The principal however are the following:..Virginian white oak... Dwarf white oak, or post oak.

a1816 B. Hawkins Sketch Creek Country 1798 & 1799 in Coll. Georgia Hist. Soc. (1848) III. 19 The trees are post oak, white and black oak, pine [etc.].

1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xvii Our march to-day lay through straggling forests of the kind of low scrubbed trees..called ‘post-oaks’ and ‘black~jacks’.

1865 Michaux's N. Amer. Sylva I. 40 Quercus lyrata..is called the Swamp Post Oak, Overcup Oak, and Water White Oak.

1945 B. A. Botkin Lay My Burden Down 263 They found the body of a white man hanging to a post oak.

1975 New Yorker 5 May 101/1 All but six of the thirty-six holes are set off by themselves, framed by borders of post oak—a pretty tree that loses its large leaves in winter but retains its attractiveness because of the pleasing contortions of its branches.

2001 New Yorker 5 Mar. 77/3 Travis, picking his way through a stand of gnarled post oaks ahead, looks like a Marlboro Man in the making.

Compounds

General attributive, as post oak land, post oak soil, post oak wood, etc.

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a1816 B. Hawkins Sketch Creek Country 1798 & 1799 in Coll. Georgia Hist. Soc. (1848) III. 20 Between these rivers, there is some good post and black oak land.

1836 D. B. Edward Hist. Texas 46 They are protected..by..post-oak ridges.

1892 J. C. Duval Young Explorers in Early Times in Texas ii. ii. 14 About noon we came to a small stream bordered by a strip of post oak woods.

1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 58 Joe Larrabee came out of the post-oak flats of the Middle West.

1964 Ecology 45 333/2 The 1g gabbroic soils have a significantly higher mean basal area of little bluestem [grass] than the 1g Post Oak soils.

1998 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 14 May 1 e The restaurant uses 120 cords of post oak wood annually.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	post oak
释义	post oakn. Brit. /ˈpəʊst əʊk/, U.S. /ˈpoʊst ˌoʊk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.¹, oak n. Etymology: < post n.¹ + oak n. Any of several kinds of North American oak having hard close-grained durable wood much used for posts, sleepers, etc., esp.: (a) Quercus stellata, found in sandy soils of the central and eastern United States (also called iron-oak); (b) (in full swamp post oak) Q. lyrata, of river swamps in the southern United States (also called overcup oak). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > oak as timber tree oakeOE oak treeOE mountain oak1609 white oak1610 Spanish oak1716 iron oak1724 post oak1775 Slavonian1809 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks red oakOE cerre-tree1577 gall-tree1597 robur1601 kermes1605 live oak1610 white oak1610 royal oak1616 swamp-oak1683 grey oak1697 rock oak1699 chestnut oak1703 water oak1709 Spanish oak1716 turkey-oak1717 willow oak1717 iron oak1724 maiden oak1725 scarlet oak1738 black jack1765 post oak1775 durmast1791 mountain chestnut oak1801 quercitron oak1803 laurel oak1810 mossy-cup oak1810 rock chestnut oak1810 pin oak1812 overcup oak1814 overcup white oak1814 bur oak1815 jack oak1816 mountain oak1818 shingle-oak1818 gall-oak1835 peach oak1835 golden oak1838 weeping oak1838 Aleppo oak1845 Italian oak1858 dyer's oak1861 Gambel's Oak1878 maul oak1884 punk oak1884 sessile oak1906 Garry oak1908 roble1908 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 18 The principal however are the following:..Virginian white oak... Dwarf white oak, or post oak. a1816 B. Hawkins Sketch Creek Country 1798 & 1799 in Coll. Georgia Hist. Soc. (1848) III. 19 The trees are post oak, white and black oak, pine [etc.]. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xvii Our march to-day lay through straggling forests of the kind of low scrubbed trees..called ‘post-oaks’ and ‘black~jacks’. 1865 Michaux's N. Amer. Sylva I. 40 Quercus lyrata..is called the Swamp Post Oak, Overcup Oak, and Water White Oak. 1945 B. A. Botkin Lay My Burden Down 263 They found the body of a white man hanging to a post oak. 1975 New Yorker 5 May 101/1 All but six of the thirty-six holes are set off by themselves, framed by borders of post oak—a pretty tree that loses its large leaves in winter but retains its attractiveness because of the pleasing contortions of its branches. 2001 New Yorker 5 Mar. 77/3 Travis, picking his way through a stand of gnarled post oaks ahead, looks like a Marlboro Man in the making. Compounds General attributive, as post oak land, post oak soil, post oak wood, etc. ΚΠ a1816 B. Hawkins Sketch Creek Country 1798 & 1799 in Coll. Georgia Hist. Soc. (1848) III. 20 Between these rivers, there is some good post and black oak land. 1836 D. B. Edward Hist. Texas 46 They are protected..by..post-oak ridges. 1892 J. C. Duval Young Explorers in Early Times in Texas ii. ii. 14 About noon we came to a small stream bordered by a strip of post oak woods. 1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 58 Joe Larrabee came out of the post-oak flats of the Middle West. 1964 Ecology 45 333/2 The 1g gabbroic soils have a significantly higher mean basal area of little bluestem [grass] than the 1g Post Oak soils. 1998 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 14 May 1 e The restaurant uses 120 cords of post oak wood annually. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1775
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