Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun turkey_oak

4 senses of turkey oak

Sense 1
American turkey oak, turkey oak, Quercus laevis -- (small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes)
       => oak, oak tree -- (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns")

Sense 2
bluejack oak, turkey oak, Quercus incana -- (small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point)
       => oak, oak tree -- (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns")

Sense 3
southern red oak, swamp red oak, turkey oak, Quercus falcata -- (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)
       => red oak -- (any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles)

Sense 4
European turkey oak, turkey oak, Quercus cerris -- (large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes)
       => oak, oak tree -- (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns")