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silky oaks

silky oaks is the plural of silky oak.

Meaning of silky oak

Noun

silky oak (countable and uncountable, plural silky oaks)

  1. (countable) Any of various trees and large shrubs in the family Proteaceae, especially Grevillea robusta or Cardwellia sublimis.
    • If you drive north from Sydney to Brisbane you come to a natural border, some way south of the political one, where the first bunyas and hoop-pines and silky oaks begin to appear.1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 164
  2. (uncountable) The wood of these trees.

Questions about silky oaks

What is silky oaks the plural of?
Silky oaks is the plural of silky oak.

Words near silky oaks in the dictionary

  1. silky mama
  2. silky mamas
  3. silky mom
  4. silky moms
  5. silky oak
  6. silky oaks
  7. silky smooth
  8. silky soft
  9. Silky Terrier
  10. Silky Terriers
  11. silky willow

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