SILKY OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silky oak mean? 

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

1. medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILKY OAK (noun)

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Meaning:

Medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Grevillea robusta; silky oak

Hypernyms ("silky 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 ("silky oak" is a member of...):

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