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Oak, Durmast. A variety of Quercus Rohir, L. — ‘ Durmast (quasi 
dunmast) oak, the acorns being sometimes of a reddish or dun colour.' 
Phyt. hi. 882, 0. s. We should rather suspect some connection with 
the Celtic derw, an oak, and mast, a name for its fruit. 
Oak, Evergreen. A general name for Quercus Ilex, L. Called also 
Holm or Holly Oak. 
Oak, Jerusalem. See Oak of Jerusalem. 
Oak, Maiden. See Maiden Oak. 
Oak, Sea. Fucus vesicidosus, L. — Treas. Bot. We have not met 
with the name, but it is probably an old one. 
Oak, White. Quercus sessilijiora, Sm. — Wight, FI. Vect. 
Oak Atchern. An acorn (fruit of Quercus Rohur, L.). — Mid.-Clies. 
In Yks. (Wensleydale) they are called Oakberries. Hal. and Wr. 
quote Oak-corne, from Ortus Voc. In E. Bord. (Bot. E. Bord.) they 
j are termed Oak-nuts: here the ‘pretty galls which grow upon the 
leaves so abundantly are called Oak-herries,^ and the larger ones on 
' the buds are, as is commonly the case, called Oak-galls. 
Oak Fern. See Fern, Oak. 
Oak Lungs. See Lungs of Oak. 
Oak of Cappadocia. Ambrosia maritima,\j. (Ger.), not Chenopo- 
dium ambrosioides, L., as stated by Prior (p. 168). ‘ Is said to grow 
naturally in Cappadocia.’ Park. Theatr. 88. 
Oak of Jerusalem, or of Paradise. Chenopodium Botrys, L., not 
C. ambrosioides, L., as stated by Prior (p. 168). — Turn. Names, Lyte. 
The leaves are ‘ deepely cut or lagged, very much resembling the 
leafe of an oke, which hath caused our English women to call it Okes 
of lerusalem' Ger. p. 950. Sometimes called Jerusalem Oak. 
Treas. Bot. 
Oar-weed. See Ore. 
Oat, or more generally Oats, but in the old herbals always spelt Otes. 
The common name for Arena saliva, L. — Grete Herball, Prior, p. 168. 
Oat, Dravick. Bromus secalinus, L. — Park. Theatr. See Drake. 
Oat, Wild. (1) Arena fatua, L. — Lyte. E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; 
Scotl. (Wild Aits), Jamieson. Prior, p. 168. 
(2) Bromus secalinus, L. — Lyte. From its superficial resemblance 
to oats. In dies, there is a belief that it is degenerated oats. See 
Drook. 
Oat-grass. Several oat-like grasses are so called — e. g. Bromus 
mollis, L. (With. ed. ii.), B. sterilis, L. (Lyte), and Avewa pratensis, L. 
{N.-W. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6). The last is probably the plant 
intended under this name in Tennyson’s May Queen. 
Oatmeal, Dell’s. Bunium Jlexuosum, With. Yks.: Anthriscus 
sylvestris, Hofim. Surr. Cfr. Deil’s Meat. 
Oat Thistle. Onopordium Acanthium, L. — Ger. In Park. Theatr. 
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