turkey oak

Turkey oak

n

(Plants) an oak tree, Quercus cerris, of W and S Europe, with deeply lobed hairy leaves

[C18: so called because its acorns are often eaten by turkeys]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	turkey oak - small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes American turkey oak, Quercus laevis oak tree, oak - a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"
	2.	turkey oak - small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point bluejack oak, Quercus incana oak tree, oak - a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"
	3.	turkey oak - large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward Quercus falcata, southern red oak, swamp red oak red oak - any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles
	4.	turkey oak - large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes European turkey oak, Quercus cerris oak tree, oak - a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"