Meanings
nounturbinella oak (plural turbinella oaks)
plural turbinella oaks
- A shrubby oak of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, Quercus turbinella, with prickly gray-green, evergreen leaves.
Origin
A calque of the taxonomic name
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
turbinella oak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinella%20oak
MLA
“turbinella oak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinella%20oak. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turbinella oak,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinella%20oak.
Source: turbinella oak on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.