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- noun Quercus emoryi, an
oak common inArizona ,New Mexico , and westernTexas , typically growing in dry hills at moderatealtitudes and retaining its leaves through the winter.
Etymologies
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After a US army surveyor, Lieutenant William Hemsley Emory, who surveyed the area of west Texas where it was discovered in 1846.
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