canyon oak

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   medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves

   Synonymscanyon live oakmaul oakiron oakQuercus chrysolepis

   Broaderlive oak

Questions about canyon oak

What does canyon oak mean?

canyon oak means "medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves".

What is another word for canyon oak?

Close synonyms include canyon live oak, maul oak, iron oak, Quercus chrysolepis. 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 canyon oak a common word?

canyon oak is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.