scrub oak

noun

California scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia)

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Meanings

nounscrub oak (plural scrub oaks)

plural scrub oaks

  1. Any of numerous dwarfish species of oak (genus Quercus, principally in the United States.
    1. USCalifornia scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia)
    2. UScoastal scrub oak (Quercus dumosa), variously circumscribed.
    3. USleather oak (Quercus durata)
    4. USTucker oak (Quercus john-tuckeri)
    5. USisland scrub oak (Quercus pacifica)
    6. USSanta Cruz Island oak (Quercus parvula)
    7. USGambel oak (Quercus gambelii)
    8. USEmory oak (Quercus emoryi)
    9. USSonoran scrub oak (Quercus turbinella)
    10. USQuercus × pauciloba (=Quercus undulata)
    11. USIn the northeastern United States
    12. USbear oak (Quercus ilicifolia)
    13. USChapman oak (Quercus chapmanii)
    14. USmyrtle oak (Quercus myrtifolia)
    15. USSandhill oak (Quercus inopina)
    16. USsand live oak (Quercus geminata)
    17. USturkey oak (Quercus laevis)
    18. USIn Europe
    19. USkermes oak (Quercus coccifera)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bur oakgambel oak
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APA

scrub oak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrub%20oak

MLA

“scrub oak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrub%20oak. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrub oak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrub%20oak.

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