SILKY OAK
Dictionary entry overview: What does silky oak mean? • SILKY OAK (noun)
The noun SILKY OAK has 1 sense:
1. medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia
Familiarity information: SILKY OAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SILKY OAK (noun)
Meaning:
Medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Grevillea robusta; silky oak
Hypernyms ("silky oak" is a kind of...):
silk oak (any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering)
Holonyms ("silky oak" is a member of...):
genus Grevillea (large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers)
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