encina

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noun

holm oak, live oak, evergreen oak

OriginSpanish encina →
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Meanings

nounencina (plural encinas)

plural encinas

  1. holm oak, live oak, evergreen oak

    The form of this tree is much more beautiful than that of the encina, as it grows with more freedom, and, in the districts suited to it, attains a great height.

    1836, John Claudius Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine and Register, page 366

Origin

  1. Spanishencina
  2. Spanishencina
  3. Englishencina

Borrowed from Spanish encina.

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APA

encina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encina

MLA

“encina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encina. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encina,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encina.

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