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Definition of Maul oak
1. Noun. Medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves.
Generic synonyms: Live Oak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maul Oak
Literary usage of Maul oak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"The wood of maul oak is remarkable for its strength, toughness, and close grain;
for these reasons and because of its freedom from checks in seasoning it is ..."
2. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"On account of the wide use of maul oak by settlers, mill men and mountain packers
no other ... maul oak is exceedingly variable in all its characteristics. ..."
3. Report by California Division of Forestry (1919)
"maul oak (Quercus chrysolepis). maul oak, so-called because of the toughness of
the grain which permits it to be used for mauls, is a live oak which is ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"maul oak. Fig. 3320. Evergreen tree, to 50, rarely to 100 ft., with wide-spreading
head and often pendulous branches: Ivs. short-petioled, ..."
5. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... LAUREL OAK Mountain Live Oak, maul oak, Gold-cup Oak (Quer- cus chrysolepis,
Liebm.)—A low, broad tree, with drooping limbs, scrubby in high altitudes, ..."
6. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"Known also as "Thick-cup Live Oak, maul oak," and " Valparaiso Oak. ' Height 80 ft.
or more ; diam. 5 ft. or more. Very heavy, hard, tough, very strong. ..."
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