turkey oak

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turkey oak Definition

• (n) small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey''s toes
• (n) small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point
• (n) large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward
• (n) large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having oblong-lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes

turkey oak Synonyms

• American turkey oak
• bluejack oak
• European turkey oak
• Quercus cerris
• Quercus falcata
• Quercus incana
• Quercus laevis
• southern red oak
• swamp red oak
• turkey oak