How to Use bur oak in a Sentence

bur oak

noun

• The 400-year-old bur oak tree in Bob Woodruff Park South.
  — Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2022
• Tizza said that’s because the bur oaks are like the south’s live oak, the state tree of Georgia.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2019
• True, some of its hardiness can be attributed to the tree's species, which is a bur oak.
  — Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star, 22 June 2022
• Five months later, when the big buck pulled his disappearing act, my mind raced to that bur oak.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2020
• Tree varieties include red oak, bur oak and swamp white oak.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2022
• In the park’s center, ringed by a bench, is a bur oak that is small now, but will grow quickly to provide substantial shade.
  — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2021
• The best tall-growing trees would be Shumard red oak, bur oak, Chinese pistachio and cedar elm.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2018
• The adapted list includes Texas red oak, live oak, cedar elm, Mexican white oak, bur oak, Mexican sycamore and chinquapin oak.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 22 Oct. 2020
• Each acorn was painted with colored bands to indicate its species: red oak, bur oak, black oak, white oak, swamp white oak, scarlet oak, pin oak, willow oak.
  — Brandon Keim Tristan Spinski, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
• Consider Texas red oak, live oak, bur oak, Mexican sycamore, cedar elm, Mexican white oak, chinkapin oak and anaqua.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• Consider Texas red oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore, Mexican white oak, bur oak, live oak and chinkapin oak.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 1 Jan. 2021
• The 500 tree seedlings distributed included white, red and bur oak varieties.
  — Gina Grillo, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
• When lace bugs eat bur oak leaves, their chemical composition changes.
  — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 9 Mar. 2020
• Recommended species include Texas red oak, Mexican white oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore and bur oak.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 15 Jan. 2021
• Lace bugs attack pyracanthas, Boston ivy, sycamores, bur oaks, chinquapin oaks, azaleas, American elms and boxwoods, among others, turning their leaves the same pale tan color.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 5 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 23 Sep 2024