tanoak

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noun

Notholithocarpus densiflorus, an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the western United States, whose seeds resemble the acorns of an oak.

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Meanings

nountanoak (plural tanoaks)

plural tanoaks

  1. Notholithocarpus densiflorus, an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the western United States, whose seeds resemble the acorns of an oak.

Origin

From tan + oak.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

TakanoNakotaAtokan
Cite this entry
APA

tanoak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanoak

MLA

“tanoak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanoak. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tanoak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanoak.

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