scarlet oak

scarlet oak
noun
medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn
Syn: ↑Quercus coccinea
Hypernyms: ↑oak, ↑oak tree

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noun
: an oak (Quercus coccinea) having close-grained wood, deeply 7-lobed leaves that turn scarlet in autumn, and an acorn with a deep cup

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scarlet oak,
a kind of oak of eastern North America whose leaves turn a brilliant scarlet in fall.

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