Scarlet oak Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn
Quercus coccinea.
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(Bot.) , a species of oak (Quercus coccinea ) of the United States; so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn.
