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Definition of Southern live oak
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 Southern Live Oak
Literary usage of Southern live oak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"... Spanish oak, pin oak, black oak or yellow oak; and the (3) Live Oaks include
the southern live oak, California live oak, canon live oak. ..."
2. Commercial Raw Materials: Their Origin, Preparation and Uses by Charles Robinson Toothaker, S. F. Aaron, B. H. A. Groth, Philadelphia museums (1905)
"southern live oak (Quercus wrens) grows from Virginia to Mexico along the coast
and in western Texas. Western Live Oak is peculiar to Oregon, California and ..."
3. Commercial Raw Materials: Their Origin, Preparation and Uses by Charles Robinson Toothaker, Philadelphia Museums (1905)
"southern live oak (Quercus wrens) grows from Virginia to Mexico along the coast
and in western Texas. Western Live Oak is peculiar to Oregon, California and ..."
4. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"A large, spreading, evergreen, southern Live Oak Oak 40-50 and sometimes 60 feet
high, Quercus with a ..."
5. Ten Common Trees by Susan Stokes (1901)
"The southern live oak is a tree highly valued for its timber; the cups nearly
cover the acorns (Figures 11 and 12). The California live oak has long, ..."
6. Ten Common Trees by Susan Stokes (1901)
"The southern live oak is a tree highly valued for its timber; the cups nearly
cover the acorns (Figures 11 and 12). The California live oak has long, ..."
7. American Agriculturist (1844)
"... with the single exception of our southern Live-oak. As an ornamental tree, it
is scarcely surpassed in picturesque beauty, and its history, as connected ..."
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