Noun: turkey oak tur-kee owk- Small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes
- American turkey oak, Quercus laevis - Small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point
- bluejack oak, Quercus incana - 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
- southern red oak, swamp red oak, Quercus falcata - Large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes
- European turkey oak, Quercus cerris
Derived forms: turkey oaks Type of: oak, oak tree, red oak Encyclopedia: Turkey oak |