bear oak

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   shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets

   SynonymsQuercus ilicifolia

   Broaderscrub oak

Questions about bear oak

What does bear oak mean?

bear oak means "shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets".

What is another word for bear oak?

Close synonyms include Quercus ilicifolia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bear oak a common word?

bear oak is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.