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myrtle oak

DEFINITIONS OF: myrtle oak

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n small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas

Synonyms:
Quercus myrtifolia, seaside scrub oak
Type of:
scrub oak
any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets
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