NORTHERN RED OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern red oak mean? 

• NORTHERN RED OAK (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN RED OAK has 1 sense:

1. large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHERN RED OAK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

northern red oak; Quercus borealis; Quercus rubra

Hypernyms ("northern red oak" is a kind 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)