HyperDic: bur_oak

English > 1 sense of the expression bur oak:
NOUNplantbur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpamedium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups
English > bur oak: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMedium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough / tough close-grained wood.
Synonymsburr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpa
Broaderwhite oakAny 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 / never extend beyond the margin of the leaf
Spanishburr oak
Catalanburr oak, quercus macrocarpa

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