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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 wood
Familiarity information: MOSSYCUP OAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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