See live oak on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "So called because such oaks remain green and \"live\" throughout winter, when others are dormant and leafless.",
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"taxonomic": "Quercus chrysolepis",
"word": "canyon live oak"
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"word": "especially coastal ranges of California"
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"word": "dwarf live oak"
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"word": "interior live oak"
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"word": "sand live oak"
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"taxonomic": "Quercus turbinella",
"word": "shrub live oak"
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"word": "Sierra live oak"
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"taxonomic": "Quercus virginiana",
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"alt": "syn. Quercus virginiana var. fusiformis",
"english": "south central North America",
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"word": "Texas live oak"
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"ref": "1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "This was a group of white-shirted, khaki-trousered, suspendered old men who had spent their lives doing nothing and passed their twilight days doing same on pine benches under the live oaks on the square.",
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"sense": "evergreen species of oak",
"word": "ainavihanta tammi"
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"North-America",
"Southwestern"
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"word": "Sierra live oak"
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"english": "south central North America",
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"word": "Texas live oak"
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"sense": "evergreen species of oak",
"word": "ainavihanta tammi"
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"sense": "evergreen species of oak",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "evergreen species of oak",
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"sense": "evergreen species of oak",
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}
],
"word": "live oak"
}
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