silk_oak (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *silk oak*:
NOUN	plant	silk oak	any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering

English > *silk oak*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering.
Member of	genus Grevillea	large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers
Narrower	beefwood, Grevillea striata	Tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood
	red-flowered silky oak, Grevillea banksii	tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath
	silky oak, Grevillea robusta	Medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath
	silver oak, Grevillela parallela	small slender tree with usually entire grey-green pendulous leaves and white or cream-colored flowers
Broader	grevillea	Any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea

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