| 单词 | oak barren |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoak barren oak barren n. chiefly U.S. a tract of infertile scrubland dominated by small or stunted oak trees (cf. barren adj. 3); usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > assemblage of oak woodOE oak barren1802 1802 J. Gilpin Jrnl. 11 Oct. in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. (1922) 46 28 The Country..from Easton to Hellers is excessively rocky poor & rough filled with Oak barrens & pines. 1950 E. L. Braun Deciduous Forests Eastern N. Amer. iv. 120 Although areally unimportant, these oak barrens are such a conspicuous feature of the Devonian black shale slopes as to be visible for long distances. 1989 Nature Conservancy May 21/1 Lupine, a plant of the oak barrens, is itself rare in the state [of Ohio]. < as lemmas |
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