myrtle oak

1. 1.

   small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas

   Synonymsseaside scrub oakQuercus myrtifolia

   Broaderscrub oak

Questions about myrtle oak

What does myrtle oak mean?

myrtle oak means "small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas".

What is another word for myrtle oak?

Close synonyms include seaside scrub oak, Quercus myrtifolia. 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 myrtle oak a common word?

myrtle 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.