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GARRY OAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Garry oak mean?
• GARRY OAK (noun)
The noun GARRY OAK has 1 sense:
1. small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark
Familiarity information: GARRY OAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Garry oak; Oregon oak; Oregon white oak; Quercus garryana
Hypernyms ("Garry 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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