live oak

/laษชv oสŠk/

IPA: /L AY1 V OW1 K/

noun
  1. 1

    An evergreen species of oak characteristic of the US South, the southern live oak, Quercus virginiana.

  2. 2

    Any of several other species of oak with evergreen, usually holly-like, leaves.

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