en|ci|na

en|ci|na «ehn SEE nuh», noun.

the California live oak that has a hard, heavy wood: »

They were taken with the live oak—the encinas—which abounds over the California hills, and named a place Encinas (Alistair Cooke).

╂[< Spanish encina < Vulgar Latin īlicīna the holm oak < Latin īlex, īlicis]