English noun: bur oak | |||
1. | bur oak (plant) 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 | burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpa | ||
Broader (hypernym) | white oak | ||