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scarlet oak

scarlet oak noun: the tree Quercus coccinea.

scarlet oak: the tree Quercus coccinea
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Noun

scarlet oak (plural scarlet oaks)

  1. The tree Quercus coccinea.
    • One of the finest scarlet oaks in England is at the Duke of Wellington's seat at Strathfieldsaye.1834, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 40, page 122
    • Seed production in scarlet oaks varies greatly from year to year; occasionally the trees produce bumper crops. Scarlet oak is a member of the red oak group, all of whose acorns are invested with bitter-tasting tannin compounds, likely evolved to deter mammals from eating too many of them.2002, Charles Fergus, Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, page 118

Forms of scarlet oak

pluralscarlet oaks

Origin of scarlet oak

From the colour of its leaves in autumn.

Questions about scarlet oak

What does scarlet oak mean?
Scarlet oak means the tree Quercus coccinea.
What part of speech is scarlet oak?
Scarlet oak is a noun.
What is the plural of scarlet oak?
The plural of scarlet oak is scarlet oaks.

Words near scarlet oak in the dictionary

  1. scarlet macaws
  2. scarlet milkweed
  3. scarlet minivet
  4. scarlet minivets
  5. Scarlet O'Hara
  6. scarlet oak
  7. scarlet oaks
  8. scarlet percher
  9. scarlet perchers
  10. scarlet pimpernel
  11. scarlet pimpernels

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