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Definition of Quercus vaccinifolia
1. Noun. A low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry.
Group relationships: Genus Quercus, Quercus
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Vaccinifolia
Literary usage of Quercus vaccinifolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"Quercus vaccinifolia Engelm. HUCKLEBERRY OAK. (Fig. 92.) Shrub, prostrate, or
erect and 2 to 6 feet high, the slender pliable branchlets in tufts at top of ..."
2. The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography by John Shertzer Hittell (1869)
"The huckleberry-leafed oak (Quercus vaccinifolia) is a shrub, from four to six
feet high, which grows on the mountains in the northern part of the state. ..."
3. The Resources of California by John Shertzer Hittell (1867)
"An idea prevails that the acorns give to swine a disease of the kidneys.
The huckleberry-leafed oak (Quercus vaccinifolia) is ..."
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