garry oak

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   small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark

   SynonymsOregon white oakOregon oakQuercus garryana

   Broaderwhite oak

Questions about garry oak

What does garry oak mean?

garry oak means "small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark".

What is another word for garry oak?

Close synonyms include Oregon white oak, Oregon oak, Quercus garryana. 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 garry oak a common word?

garry 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.