Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An oak-tree, Quercus rubra, common in eastern North America, there extending further north than any other species.
- noun Another American species, Q. falcata, the Spanish oak. See
Spanish .
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Examples
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Her family held hands and paused in a moment of silence under the flag before escorting her red-oak casket, made and donated by Trappist monks in Iowa.
9/11 flag flies at Tucson funeral of Christina-Taylor Green 2011
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Travis Jackson walks through his modest ranch house, admiring the kitchen's built-in spice rack and the red-oak floors.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's Childhood Home Sold After Foreclosure - The Consumerist 2009
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And certainly purists remain, such as Tommy " Buck Buck " Sattler of Islip, N.Y., who rigged his 325-square-foot getaway with New York Giants football paraphernalia, seven TVs, a red-oak bar top, and urinal in the bathroom.
Giving the Man Cave a Makeover Gwendolyn Bounds 2010
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During the month before hard frost she walks two days to red-oak hills
UMAI AND THE LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER Maggie Jochild 2007
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Travis Jackson walks through his modest ranch house, admiring the kitchen's built-in spice rack and the red-oak floors.
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I wanted to match my home's existing red-oak planks installed in 1978.
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Like pressed flowers or a red-oak rocker Great stuff here.
Archive 2007-11-01 Erika D. 2007
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Like pressed flowers or a red-oak rocker Great stuff here.
Matthew Lippman's One-to-One Poetry Consultations Erika D. 2007
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As he trudged through the red-oak woods with his son one recent morning, Peck spotted a deer, standing still as a painting, and took aim, firing a single shot that cracked the early-morning silence.
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Inside, the 101EX features machined aluminum, the richest leather, rosewood and red-oak veneers.
Future Rolls 2006
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