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BLACKJACK OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blackjack oak mean? 

BLACKJACK OAK (noun)
  The noun BLACKJACK OAK has 1 sense:

1. a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thicketsplay

  Familiarity information: BLACKJACK OAK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACKJACK OAK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blackjack; blackjack oak; jack oak; Quercus marilandica

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

scrub oak (any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets)


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