IRON OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iron oak mean? 

• IRON OAK (noun)
  The noun IRON OAK has 2 senses:

1. small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts

2. medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves

  Familiarity information: IRON OAK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRON OAK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

box white oak; brash oak; iron oak; post oak; Quercus stellata

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

oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

canyon live oak; canyon oak; iron oak; maul oak; Quercus chrysolepis

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

live oak (any of several American evergreen oaks)