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Definition of Shingle oak
1. Noun. Small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shingle Oak
Literary usage of Shingle oak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1909)
"is a hybrid between the shingle oak Fig. t. Quercus Leana on grounds of Captain
... Quercus imbricaria, Michx., shingle oak.—A forest tree usually 60 to 75 ..."
2. The Trees of Northeastern America by Charles Stedman Newhall (1890)
"shingle oak, Laurel Oak. Q. imbricaria, Michx. Leaves, SIMPLE ; ALTERNATE ; EDGE
ENTIRE. Outline, long and narrow. Apex, pointed and bristle- tipped. ..."
3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The shingle oak, or Laurel Oak (Q. imbricaria, Michx.)— A tree 60 to 1oo feet
high, pyramidal, becoming round headed at length; branches slender. ..."
4. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The shingle oak, or Laurel Oak (Q. imbricaria, Michx.)— A tree 60 to 100 feet
high, pyramidal, becoming round headed at length; branches slender. ..."
5. Our Native Trees and how to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits by Harriet Louise Keeler (1900)
"The shingle oak has a smooth bark and for three-fourths of its height is laden
... The leaves of Laurel Oak or shingle oak are very narrow, almost linear ..."
6. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1915)
"The leaves seem quite analagous to those of the new form of shingle oak mentioned
in a recent number of this magazine. In Forest Leaves for April an ..."
7. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"The shingle oak frequently forms hybrids with other oaks, and it is possible that
the specimen reported by Mr. Bates in this magazine for November, 1917, ..."
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