MYRTLE OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myrtle oak mean? 

• MYRTLE OAK (noun)
  The noun MYRTLE OAK has 1 sense:

1. small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYRTLE OAK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

myrtle oak; Quercus myrtifolia; seaside scrub oak

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

scrub oak (any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets)