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
   "The black oak's yellow inner bark was historically prized for tanning leather";
   - yellow oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina

Derived forms: black oaks

Type of: oak, oak tree

Encyclopedia: Black oak