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Post oak   /poʊst oʊk/   Listen
Post oak

noun
1.
Small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts.  Synonyms: box white oak, brash oak, iron oak, Quercus stellata.






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"Post oak" Quotes from Famous Books



... happened, sorr," said Cassidy stoutly. "When we shtarted out Oi fell three files to the rear, as became me, so as not to be in the way o' their colloguing, but sorra a bit o' stragglin' was there, and Oi kept them afore me all the toime. When we got to Post Oak Bottom the leddy p'ints her whip off to the roight, and sez she: 'It's a fine bit of turf there, Misther Forsyth,' invitin' like, and with that she gallops away to the right. The leftenant follys her, and Oi closed ...
— Tales of Trail and Town • Bret Harte



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