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Noun: southern live oak
  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
    - Quercus virginiana

Derived forms: southern live oaks

Type of: live oak

Encyclopedia: Southern live oak