oak : Idioms & Phrases

• a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building.

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• noun small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes
  Quercus laevis; American turkey oak.
  

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• noun large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood
  Quercus alba.
  

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• noun semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups
  Quercus arizonica.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats
  Quercus montana; basket oak; Quercus prinus.
  

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• noun shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets
  Quercus ilicifolia.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
  quercitron; black oak; quercitron oak; Quercus velutina.
  

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• . See under Oak.

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• noun a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets
  Quercus marilandica; blackjack; blackjack oak.
  

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• noun small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point
  Quercus incana; bluejack oak.
  

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• noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts
  box white oak; brash oak; iron oak; Quercus stellata.
  

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• noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts
  box white oak; brash oak; iron oak; Quercus stellata.
  

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• noun large tree of Australasia
  silky elm; booyong; red beech; Terrietia trifoliolata; stave wood; crow's foot; Heritiera trifoliolata.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
  Quercus macrocarpa; burr oak; bur oak; mossy-cup oak.
  

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• (Bot.), a useful and ornamental species of oak (Quercus macrocarpa) with ovoid acorns inclosed in deep cups imbricated with pointed scales. It grows in the Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough, close-grained, and durable.

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• noun medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
  Quercus macrocarpa; burr oak; bur oak; mossy-cup oak.
  

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• noun large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves
  Quercus kelloggii.
  

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• noun highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves
  Quercus agrifolia; California live oak.
  

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• noun tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
  California white oak; Quercus lobata; roble; valley oak.
  

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• noun medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves
  canyon oak; iron oak; canyon live oak; Quercus chrysolepis.
  

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• noun medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves
  canyon oak; iron oak; canyon live oak; Quercus chrysolepis.
  

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• noun an oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous tree of China, Japan, and Korea having thick corky bark
  Quercus variabilis.
  

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• noun medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood
  chinquapin oak; Quercus muehlenbergii; chinkapin oak.
  

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• noun medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood
  chinquapin oak; Quercus muehlenbergii; chinkapin oak.
  

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• a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns.

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• noun highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves
  Quercus agrifolia; California live oak.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
  common oak; English oak; Quercus robur.
  

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• noun medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork
  Quercus suber.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats
  Quercus montana; basket oak; Quercus prinus.
  

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• noun deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets
  dwarf chinkapin oak; Quercus prinoides; dwarf chinquapin oak.
  

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• noun deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets
  dwarf chinkapin oak; Quercus prinoides; dwarf chinquapin oak.
  

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• noun deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets
  dwarf chinkapin oak; Quercus prinoides; dwarf chinquapin oak.
  

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• noun poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact
  Rhus quercifolia; Toxicodendron quercifolium; Rhus toxicodenedron.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
  common oak; English oak; Quercus robur.
  

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• noun large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes
  Quercus cerris; European turkey oak.
  

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• noun evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
  holm tree; holly-leaved oak; evergreen oak; Quercus ilex.
  

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• noun oak given a weathered appearance by exposure to fumes of ammonia; used for cabinetwork
  

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• the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the galls of commerce.

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• 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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• noun edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe
  Chinese black mushroom; Oriental black mushroom; shiitake mushroom; shiitake; Lentinus edodes.
  

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• oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi.

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• noun evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
  holm tree; holly-leaved oak; evergreen oak; Quercus ilex.
  

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• (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See Scrub oak.

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• noun hard wood of the holm oak tree
  
• noun evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
  holm tree; holly-leaved oak; evergreen oak; Quercus ilex.
  

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• noun a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry
  Quercus vaccinifolia.
  

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• noun a small shrubby evergreen tree of western North America similar to the coast live oak but occurring chiefly in foothills of mountain ranges removed from the coast; an important part of the chaparral
  Quercus wislizenii; Quercus wizlizenii.
  

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• noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts
  box white oak; brash oak; iron oak; Quercus stellata.
  
• noun medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves
  canyon oak; iron oak; canyon live oak; Quercus chrysolepis.
  

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• noun a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets
  Quercus marilandica; blackjack; blackjack oak.
  
• noun small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes
  jack oak; Quercus ellipsoidalis.
  

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• noun oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan
  Quercus grosseserrata; Quercus mongolica.
  
• noun small evergreen tree of China and Japan
  Lithocarpus glabra; Lithocarpus glaber.
  

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• noun Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers; naturalized North America
  feather geranium; Chenopodium botrys; Atriplex mexicana; Mexican tea.
  

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• (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot (Chenopodium Botrys), common about houses and along roadsides.

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• noun large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil
  Quercus laurifolia; laurel oak.
  
• noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles
  Quercus imbricaria; laurel oak.
  

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• noun any of several American evergreen oaks
  

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• (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the Q. chrysolepis and some other species are also called live oaks.

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• noun medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves
  canyon oak; iron oak; canyon live oak; Quercus chrysolepis.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
  Quercus macrocarpa; burr oak; bur oak; mossy-cup oak.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
  Quercus macrocarpa; burr oak; bur oak; mossy-cup oak.
  

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• noun tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood
  Eucalyptus delegatensis; alpine ash.
  

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• noun small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas
  myrtle oak; Quercus myrtifolia.
  

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• noun yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere
  Gymnocarpium robertianum; limestone fern.
  

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• noun small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes
  jack oak; Quercus ellipsoidalis.
  

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• noun large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks
  Quercus borealis; Quercus rubra.
  

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• noun similar to the pin oak; grows in damp sites in Mississippi River basin
  Quercus nuttalli; Nuttall oak.
  

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• noun similar to the pin oak; grows in damp sites in Mississippi River basin
  Quercus nuttalli; Nuttall oak.
  

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• noun oak gall caused by larvae of a cynipid wasp
  

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• a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly (Cynips confluens). It is green and pulpy when young.

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• (Zoöl.), a British geometrid moth (Biston prodromaria) whose larva feeds on the oak.

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• noun a black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods
  

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• noun a tree of the genus Castanopsis
  

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• noun bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
  Gymnocarpium dryopteris; Thelypteris dryopteris.
  

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• a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.

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• noun a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before
  

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• (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Pruner, the insect.

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• a kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect Diplolepis lenticularis.

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• noun a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
  oak.
  
  • great oaks grow from little acorns

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• a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.

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• noun annual European plant with spikes of greenish flowers and leaves that are white and hairy on the underside; common as a weed in North America
  Chenopodium glaucum; oakleaf goosefoot.
  

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• 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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• 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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• noun medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year
  Quercus lyrata.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
  common oak; English oak; Quercus robur.
  

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• noun fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil
  pin oak; Quercus palustris.
  
• noun large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil
  Quercus laurifolia; laurel oak.
  

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• noun dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison oak plant
  
• noun climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
  poison mercury; poison ivy; Toxicodendron radicans; markweed; Rhus radicans.
  

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• (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby Rhus diversiloba of California and Oregon.

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• noun relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil
  Quercus nigra; possum oak.
  

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• noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts
  box white oak; brash oak; iron oak; Quercus stellata.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
  quercitron; black oak; quercitron oak; Quercus velutina.
  

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• noun any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles
  

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• noun tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath; eastern Australia
  Grevillea banksii.
  

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• noun medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn
  Quercus coccinea.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus coccinea) of the United States; so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn.

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• noun any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets
  

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• (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub; that of the Southern States is a small tree (Q. Catesbæi); that of the Rocky Mountain region is Q. undulata, var. Gambelii.

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• noun small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas
  myrtle oak; Quercus myrtifolia.
  

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• noun any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina
  

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• noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles
  Quercus imbricaria; laurel oak.
  

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• (Bot.), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria) used in the Western States for making shingles.

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• noun large deciduous red oak of southern and eastern United States having large seven-lobed to nine-lobed elliptical leaves, large acorns and medium hard coarse-grained wood
  Quercus shumardii; Shumard oak.
  

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• noun large deciduous red oak of southern and eastern United States having large seven-lobed to nine-lobed elliptical leaves, large acorns and medium hard coarse-grained wood
  Quercus shumardii; Shumard oak.
  

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• noun any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering
  

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

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• noun small slender tree with usually entire grey-green pendulous leaves and white or cream-colored flowers; northern Australia
  Grevillela parallela.
  

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• noun medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding
  Quercus virginiana.
  

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• noun large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward
  swamp red oak; Quercus falcata; southern red oak.
  

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• noun small deciduous tree having the trunk branched almost from the base with spreading branches; Texas and southern Oklahoma
  Quercus texana.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous tree of moist areas of southeastern United States similar to the basket oak
  Quercus michauxii.
  

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• noun Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers
  Viminaria denudata; Viminaria juncea.
  
• noun fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil
  pin oak; Quercus palustris.
  
• noun large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil
  Quercus bicolor; swamp oak.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak (Quercus palustris), swamp white oak (Q. bicolor), swamp post oak (Q. lyrata).

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• noun large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward
  swamp red oak; Quercus falcata; southern red oak.
  

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• noun large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil
  Quercus bicolor; swamp oak.
  

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• noun evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark
  Lithocarpus densiflorus.
  

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• one of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called from his estate.

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• to be "not at home to visitors," signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms. Cant, Eng. Univ.

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• noun small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes
  Quercus laevis; American turkey oak.
  
• noun small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point
  Quercus incana; bluejack oak.
  
• noun large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward
  swamp red oak; Quercus falcata; southern red oak.
  
• noun large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes
  Quercus cerris; European turkey oak.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Cerris.

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• noun tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
  California white oak; Quercus lobata; roble; valley oak.
  

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• noun tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
  California white oak; Quercus lobata; roble; valley oak.
  

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• noun relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil
  Quercus nigra; possum oak.
  

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• noun poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact
  Toxicodendron diversilobum; Rhus diversiloba.
  

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• noun any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Oak.

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• noun medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood
  Quercus phellos.
  

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• noun medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood
  chinquapin oak; Quercus muehlenbergii; chinkapin oak.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
  quercitron; black oak; quercitron oak; Quercus velutina.
  

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