pin oak

noun

: a pyramidally crowned deciduous oak (Quercus palustris) especially of wet regions of the eastern U.S. that has deeply cleft toothed leaves and rather small nearly hemispherical acorns

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According to WebMD, a single large pin oak tree can rain down up to 400,000 oak leaf itch mites per day. Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 1 July 2025 As a result, what was originally a course built on farmland was crowded with crab apples, flowering cherries, blue spruces and loads and loads of pin oaks. Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 14 June 2025 Sternberg also likes pin oak (Quercus palustris) and nuttall oak (Quercus nuttallii/aka Quercus texana) for seasonally wet areas. Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2024 The species commonly feeds on the larvae of a midge, or a fly, that forms galls on the edges of pin oak leaves, according to the University of Maryland Extension. Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pin oak

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First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pin oak was in 1813

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“Pin oak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pin%20oak. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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