AMERICAN TURKEY OAK Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the phrase american turkey oak. (close relations)
Definition of AMERICAN TURKEY OAK
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quercus laevis | nounn | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
turkey oak | nounn | |||||||
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 • small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point • 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 • large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes |