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MOSSYCUP OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mossycup oak mean? 

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

1. medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained woodplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MOSSYCUP OAK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bur oak; burr oak; mossy-cup oak; mossycup oak; Quercus macrocarpa

Hypernyms ("mossycup 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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