turbinella oak

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English[edit]

a turbinella oak

Etymology[edit]

A calque of the taxonomic name

Noun[edit]

turbinella oak (plural turbinella oaks)

  1. A shrubby oak of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, Quercus turbinella, with prickly gray-green, evergreen leaves.