Meaning | Any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets. |
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Narrower | bear oak, Quercus ilicifolia | shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets |
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blackjack oak, blackjack, jack oak, Quercus marilandica | A common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves |
myrtle oak, seaside scrub oak, Quercus myrtifolia | small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States |
Broader | oak, oak tree | A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus |
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