Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCAR-LET-OAK
SCAR-LET-FE'VERSCAR-MAGE, or SCAR-MOGE
SCAR-LET-OAK, n.
A species of oak, the Quercus coccifera, or chermes oak, producing small insects, the Coccus Ilicis, called chermes or scarlet grain. More properly, the Quercus coccinea of the United States.
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