HyperDic: black_oak

English > 1 sense of the expression *black oak*:
NOUN	plant	black oak, yellow oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina	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

English > *black oak*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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 .
Synonyms	yellow oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina
Broader	oak, oak tree	A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus