oregon : Idioms & Phrases

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capital of oregon

  • noun capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River
    Salem.
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oregon alder

  • noun large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture
    red alder; Alnus rubra.
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oregon ash

  • noun timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash
    Fraxinus latifolia; Fraxinus oregona.
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oregon cedar

  • noun large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
    Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Lawson's cedar; Port Orford cedar; Lawson's cypress.
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oregon crab apple

  • noun small tree or shrub of western United States having white blossoms and tiny yellow or red fruit
    Malus fusca.
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oregon fir

  • noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
    douglas hemlock; douglas pine; Oregon fir; green douglas fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; douglas spruce.
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oregon grape

  • noun small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries
    Mahonia nervosa.
  • noun ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries
    mountain grape; holly-leaves barberry; Mahonia aquifolium; Oregon grape; hollygrape.
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Or"e*gon grape`
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  1. (Bot.) An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries.
Webster 1913

oregon holly grape

  • noun ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries
    mountain grape; holly-leaves barberry; Mahonia aquifolium; Oregon grape; hollygrape.
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oregon jargon

  • noun a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America
    Chinook Jargon.
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oregon larch

  • noun tall larch of western North America have pale green sharply pointed leaves and oblong cones; an important timber tree
    Larix occidentalis; western larch; western tamarack.
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oregon lily

  • noun lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers
    Columbia tiger lily; Lilium columbianum.
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oregon maple

  • noun maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn
    Acer macrophyllum; big-leaf maple.
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oregon myrtle

  • noun Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
    sassafras laurel; California olive; pepperwood; Umbellularia californica; California bay tree; California laurel; mountain laurel; spice tree.
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oregon oak

  • noun small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark
    Quercus garryana; Oregon oak; Garry oak.
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oregon pine

  • noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
    douglas hemlock; douglas pine; Oregon fir; green douglas fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; douglas spruce.
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oregon white oak

  • noun small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark
    Quercus garryana; Oregon oak; Garry oak.
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