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
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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