bur oak


noun

an oak tree, Quercus macrocarpa, of eastern North America, having shiny, dark-green leaves, light-gray deeply ridged bark, and very large acorns with a fringed cup, yielding a hard, durable wood: the state tree of Illinois.

Origin of bur oak

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Words nearby bur oak

Example sentences from the Web for bur oak

  • Here, with the help of their nearest neighbors, they built in a day a cabin of rough, bur-oak logs.

    Heroes of To-Day |Mary R. Parkman

British Dictionary definitions for bur oak

bur oak

noun

an E North American oak, Quercus macrocarpa, having fringed acorn cups and durable timber