HyperDic: red_oak

English > 1 sense of the expression red oak:
NOUNplantred oakany 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
English > red oak: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny 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.
NarrowerShumard oak, Shumard red oak, Quercus shumardiilarge 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
northern red oak, Quercus rubra, Quercus borealislarge symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America
southern red oak, swamp red oak, turkey oak, Quercus falcatalarge round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks
Broaderoak, oak treeA deciduous tree of the genus Quercus
Catalanred oak

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