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BROWN OAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brown oak mean?
• BROWN OAK (noun)
The noun BROWN OAK has 1 sense:
1. large tree of Australasia
Familiarity information: BROWN OAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tree of Australasia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
booyong; brown oak; crow's foot; Heritiera trifoliolata; red beech; silky elm; stave wood; Terrietia trifoliolata
Hypernyms ("brown oak" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
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