BUR OAK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

bur oak; burr oak; mossy-cup oak; mossycup oak; Quercus macrocarpa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bur oak" is a kind of...):

white oak (any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf)

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