TURKEY OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turkey oak mean? 

• TURKEY OAK (noun)
  The noun TURKEY OAK has 4 senses:

1. small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes

2. small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point

3. large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward

4. large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes

  Familiarity information: TURKEY OAK used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURKEY OAK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American turkey oak; Quercus laevis; turkey oak

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bluejack oak; Quercus incana; turkey oak

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Quercus falcata; southern red oak; swamp red oak; turkey oak

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

red oak (any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

European turkey oak; Quercus cerris; turkey oak

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

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