YELLOW OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow oak mean? 

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

1. medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOW OAK (noun)

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Meaning:

Medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black oak; quercitron; quercitron oak; Quercus velutina; yellow oak

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

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