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SILVER OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver oak mean? 

SILVER OAK (noun)
  The noun SILVER OAK has 1 sense:

1. small slender tree with usually entire grey-green pendulous leaves and white or cream-colored flowers; northern Australiaplay

  Familiarity information: SILVER OAK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SILVER OAK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small slender tree with usually entire grey-green pendulous leaves and white or cream-colored flowers; northern Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Grevillela parallela; silver oak

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

silk oak (any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering)

Holonyms ("silver oak" is a member of...):

genus Grevillea (large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers)


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