English > red oak: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | 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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Narrower | Shumard oak, Shumard red oak, Quercus shumardii | 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 |
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northern red oak, Quercus rubra, Quercus borealis | large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America |
southern red oak, swamp red oak, turkey oak, Quercus falcata | 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 |
Broader | oak, oak tree | A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus |
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Catalan | red oak |
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