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CANYON OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canyon oak mean? 

CANYON OAK (noun)
  The noun CANYON OAK has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leavesplay

  Familiarity information: CANYON OAK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CANYON OAK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

canyon live oak; canyon oak; iron oak; maul oak; Quercus chrysolepis

Hypernyms ("canyon oak" is a kind of...):

live oak (any of several American evergreen oaks)


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