red oak

/rɛd oʊk/

Other forms: red oaks

Definitions of red oak

1. noun

   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
   types:

   Quercus falcata, southern red oak, swamp red oak, turkey oak

   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

   Quercus borealis, Quercus rubra, northern red oak

   large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks

   Quercus shumardii, Shumard oak, Shumard red oak

   large deciduous red oak of southern and eastern United States having large seven-lobed to nine-lobed elliptical leaves, large acorns and medium hard coarse-grained wood

   type of:

   oak, oak tree

   a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves