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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See oak.

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  • noun Any of several oaks that grow on dry, sandy barrens.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes
  • noun small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes
  • noun small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point
  • noun 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; New Jersey to Illinois and southward

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