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IRON OAK

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• IRON OAK (noun)
The noun IRON OAK has 2 senses:

1. small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts
2. medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves

Familiarity information: IRON OAK used as a noun is rare.

• IRON OAK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

post oak; iron oak; brash oak; box white oak; Quercus stellata

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

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

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

canyon live oak; canyon oak; maul oak; Quercus chrysolepis; iron oak

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

live oak (any of several American evergreen oaks)

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