Silky oak Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia
    Grevillea robusta.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a lofty Australian tree (Grevillea robusta) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber.

Webster 1913