bur oak

Noun

Meaning

medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

burr oak mossy-cup oak mossycup oak Quercus macrocarpa pin oak black oak American holly cork oak chestnut oak post oak holm oak evergreen oak blue oak ilex oak iron oak

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Hypernyms

white oak

Examples

He who owns a veteran bur oak owns more than a tree. He owns a historical library, and a reserved seat in the theater of evolution. To the discerning eye, his farm is labeled with the badge and symbol of the prairie war. Aldo Leopold

Close letter words and terms

bur chervil bur grass bur marigold bur oak blight bur reed bur-