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Noun: black oak  blak owk
  1. Medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
    - yellow oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina

Derived forms: black oaks

Type of: oak, oak tree

Encyclopedia: Black oak