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Noun: Quercus virginiana
  1. Medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding
    - southern live oak

Type of: live oak

Encyclopedia: Quercus virginiana