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BURR OAK
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
Synonyms:
bur oak; burr oak; mossy-cup oak; mossycup oak; Quercus macrocarpa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("burr oak" is a kind of...):
white oak (any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf)