live oak

[ lahyv ]

/ laɪv /

an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.

any of various related trees.

the hard, durable wood of any of these trees.

Origin of live oak

An Americanism dating back to 1600–10

A sudden turn of the trail revealed a squatter's hut built of rough lumber, and standing beneath a live-oak.

Bunch Grass |Horace Annesley Vachell
The favorite haunts of this lily are high and inaccessible ridges, among the chaparral, or under the live-oak or redwood.

The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits |Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Yonder, west of the main boat channels that make toward the railways far inland, lie the salt reefs and the live-oak islands.

The Lady and the Pirate |Emerson Hough
They have on the carpet a contract for live-oak from the southern States.

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson |Thomas Jefferson

He now remembers the other man found along with Darke under the live-oak.

The Death Shot |Mayne Reid

live oak

/ (laɪv) /

a hard-wooded evergreen oak, Quercus virginianus, of S North America: used for shipbuilding