Noun: bur oak bur owk
- Medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
"The ancient bur oak had stood in the prairie for centuries";
- burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpa
Derived forms: bur oaks
Type of: white oak
Encyclopedia: Bur oak