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MOSSY-CUP OAK

Dictionary entry overview: What does mossy-cup oak mean?

• MOSSY-CUP OAK (noun)
The noun MOSSY-CUP OAK has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: MOSSY-CUP OAK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MOSSY-CUP OAK (noun)

Sense 1

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bur oak; burr oak; mossy-cup oak; mossycup oak; Quercus macrocarpa

Hypernyms ("mossy-cup 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)

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