western white oak

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of oak, Quercus garryana, native to southwestern British Columbia and the Pacific coast to the south; Pacific oak.

Quotations

1894

There are no trees on Vancouver Island that are peculiar to it, and only one which is not found on the mainland--the western white oak.

1956

Garry Oak [is also called] western white oak.