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red oak

red oak noun: an oak tree with wood of a red tint, with leaves that have pointed lobes, Quercus rubra, native to eastern North America.

red oak: an oak tree with wood of a red tint, with leaves that have pointed lobes, Quercus rubra, native to...
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Noun

red oak (countable and uncountable, plural red oaks)

  1. (countable, usually) An oak tree with wood of a red tint, with leaves that have pointed lobes, Quercus rubra, native to eastern North America.
  2. (countable, usually) A similar tree of any of the many species in Quercus subg. Quercus, section Lobatae, found mostly in North America.
  3. (Australia, countable, usually) Carnarvonia araliifolia, a rainforest tree from Australia.
    Synonyms:
    red silky oak
  4. (uncountable, usually) Wood from such trees.
  5. Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous snake species found in North America.
    Synonyms:
    copperhead

Proper noun capitalized: Red Oak

Red Oak

  1. A community in South Fulton, Fulton County, Georgia.
  2. An unincorporated community in Buckeye Township, Stephenson County, Illinois.
  3. A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Iowa.
  4. An unincorporated community in Bell County, Kentucky.
  5. An unincorporated community in Greenwood Township, Oscoda County, Michigan.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri.
  7. A town in Nash County, North Carolina.
  8. A town in Latimer County, Oklahoma.
  9. A city in Ellis County, Texas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Charlotte County, Virginia.

Synonyms of red oak

Forms of red oak

pluralred oaks

Questions about red oak

What does red oak mean?
Red oak means an oak tree with wood of a red tint, with leaves that have pointed lobes, Quercus rubra, native to eastern North America.
What part of speech is red oak?
Red oak can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of red oak?
The plural of red oak is red oaks.

Words near red oak in the dictionary

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  2. red nugget
  3. red nugget galaxies
  4. red nugget galaxy
  5. red nuggets
  6. red oak
  7. red oak tree
  8. red oak trees
  9. red oaks
  10. red ocher
  11. red ochers

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