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turkey oak

tur·keyoak

uncommon

noun

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 oblong-lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes

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