Local English word record

quercus macrocarpa

noun · 1 sense

medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood

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Synonyms

bur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak

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