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IRON OAK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves
Synonyms:
canyon live oak; canyon oak; iron oak; maul oak; Quercus chrysolepis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("iron oak" is a kind of...):
live oak (any of several American evergreen oaks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts
Synonyms:
box white oak; brash oak; iron oak; post oak; Quercus stellata
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("iron oak" is a kind of...):
oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)
