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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 thickets
Familiarity information: BLACKJACK OAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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