HyperDic: blackjack_oak

English > 1 sense of the expression blackjack oak:
NOUNplantblackjack oak, blackjack, jack oak, Quercus marilandicaa common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves
English > blackjack oak: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA 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.
Synonymsblackjack, jack oak, Quercus marilandica
Broaderscrub oakAny of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets
Catalanquercus marilandica

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