单词 | shin-oak |
释义 | > as lemmasshin-oak shin-oak n. applied to dwarf varieties of oak which form thick low-growing underwood, e.g. Quercus chinquapin. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > dwarf, scrub, or shrub varieties scrub oak1671 ground-oaka1723 shrub oak1753 bear oak1810 shin-oak1844 Sadler's oak1897 1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies II. 200 Black-jacks..[are] intermixed with a very diminutive dwarf oak, called by the hunters ‘shin-oak’. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 693/2 Quercus Chinquapin or prinoides, a dwarf variety,..forms dense miniature thickets..; the tree is called by the hunters of the plains the ‘shin-oak’. < as lemmas |
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