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Definition of Quercus virginiana
1. Noun. Medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Virginiana
Literary usage of Quercus virginiana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"201 The Overcup Oak (Quercus lyrata) .... 204 The Live Oak (quercus virginiana) ....
204 The Willow Oak (Quercus ..."
2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"In other cases the differentiation of the two sides of the leaf is complete, as
in quercus virginiana. In most cases the leaf is thick as compared with the ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"quercus virginiana Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 16. 1768. Quercus virens Ait.
Hort. Kew. 3 : 356. 1789. mum height of about 60° and trunk diameter of 7°, ..."
4. A Guide to the Trees by Alice Lounsberry (1900)
"Of the fifty species of oaks that are indigenous to America none is more interesting
than quercus virginiana. A small spray of its foliage, ..."
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