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SEASIDE SCRUB OAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seaside scrub oak mean?
• SEASIDE SCRUB OAK (noun)
The noun SEASIDE SCRUB 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: SEASIDE SCRUB OAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("seaside scrub 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)
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