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POST OAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does post oak mean?
• POST OAK (noun)
The noun POST OAK has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: POST OAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("post oak" is a kind of...):
oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)
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