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IRON OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iron oak mean? 

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.


 Dictionary entry details 


IRON OAK (noun)


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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 2iron oak [BACK TO TOP]

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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