Meaning of desert oak | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Various oaks found in desert regions.
2. Any of several trees of dry parts of Australia, especially Acacia coriacea, Acacia sericophylla, and Allocasuarina decaisneana.
   Australia

Examples

“Var. frutescens, Engelmann, is a shrub from three to ten feet high, known in the Sierra Nevadas as Desert Oak.”

“We passed through a stand⟳ of desert oaks, which are a species of casuarina and look⟳ less like⟳ an oak than a cactus.”

“Molly and Gracie spent a lovely weekend with their families digging for kulgu yams and collecting bunches of yellow flowers from the desert oaks, which they brought home to share⟳ with those who stayed behind to take⟳ care of the old people and the dogs.”

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