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turkey oak

DEFINITIONS OF: turkey oak

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n small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes

Synonyms:
American turkey oak, Quercus laevis
Type of:
oak, oak tree
a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves

n small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point

Synonyms:
Quercus incana, bluejack oak
Type of:
oak, oak tree
a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves

n 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

Synonyms:
Quercus falcata, southern red oak, swamp red oak
Type of:
red oak
any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles

n large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes

Synonyms:
European turkey oak, Quercus cerris
Type of:
oak, oak tree
a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
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