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Noun: silky oak  sil-kee owk
  1. Medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia
    "The silky oak's distinctive flowers brightened the garden";
    - Grevillea robusta

Derived forms: silky oaks

Type of: silk oak

Part of: genus Grevillea

Encyclopedia: Silky oak