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English noun: turkey oak

1. turkey oak (plant) small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes


SynonymsAmerican turkey oak, Quercus laevis


Broader (hypernym)oak, oak tree

2. turkey oak (plant) small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point


Synonymsbluejack oak, Quercus incana


Broader (hypernym)oak, oak tree

3. turkey oak (plant) 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


SynonymsQuercus falcata, southern red oak, swamp red oak


Broader (hypernym)red oak

4. turkey oak (plant) large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes


SynonymsEuropean turkey oak, Quercus cerris


Broader (hypernym)oak, oak tree









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