evergreen oak
noun
: any of various oaks (such as a live oak, a holm oak, or a tan oak) with foliage that persists for two years so that the plant is more or less continuously green
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Though warning signs may be difficult to spot during the late winter and early spring — when evergreen oak trees shed their old leaves and grow new ones — the signs of oak wilt can be seen on a majority of leaves when a tree is fully infected.
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Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Feb. 2024
The complex was beset by scrubby clay slopes dotted with sagebrush, California aster, evergreen oaks.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
To survive on semi-arid land that was unsuitable for farming, the people who lived here converted the Mediterranean forest to la dehesa (in English: grasslands with evergreen oak trees).
—Sofia Perez, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2024
In the dusty vineyards, stout evergreen oaks stand forlornly, offering a moment of shade to sweating vineyard workers.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 21 June 2018
Dominating the yard are two evergreen oak hedges planted at a slant to evoke a theatrical backdrop.
—Andrew Montgomery, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2018
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Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Feb. 2024
The complex was beset by scrubby clay slopes dotted with sagebrush, California aster, evergreen oaks.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
To survive on semi-arid land that was unsuitable for farming, the people who lived here converted the Mediterranean forest to la dehesa (in English: grasslands with evergreen oak trees).
—Sofia Perez, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2024
In the dusty vineyards, stout evergreen oaks stand forlornly, offering a moment of shade to sweating vineyard workers.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 21 June 2018
Dominating the yard are two evergreen oak hedges planted at a slant to evoke a theatrical backdrop.
—Andrew Montgomery, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2018
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“Evergreen oak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evergreen%20oak. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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