CHESTNUT OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chestnut oak mean? 

• CHESTNUT OAK (noun)
  The noun CHESTNUT OAK has 1 sense:

1. an oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHESTNUT OAK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees

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Nouns denoting plants

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

oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chestnut oak"):

Quercus michauxii; swamp chestnut oak (medium to large deciduous tree of moist areas of southeastern United States similar to the basket oak)

chinkapin oak; chinquapin oak; Quercus muehlenbergii; yellow chestnut oak (medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood)

basket oak; cow oak; Quercus montana; Quercus prinus (medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats)

dwarf chinkapin oak; dwarf chinquapin oak; dwarf oak; Quercus prinoides (deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets)