tanoak
tanoak · tanoaks
Notholithocarpus densiflorus, an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the…Notholithocarpus densiflorus, an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the western United States, whose seeds resemble the acorns of an oak.
Meaning
1 sensesNotholithocarpus densiflorus, an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the western United States, whose seeds resemble the acorns of an oak.
Origin
From tan + oak.From tan + oak.
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