red oak

 

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red oak (countable and uncountable, plural red oaks)

1. (usually countable) An oak tree with wood of a red tint, with leaves that have pointed lobes, Quercus rubra, native to eastern North America.
2. (usually countable) A similar tree of any of the many species in Quercus subg. Quercus, section Lobatae, found mostly in North America.
3. (usually countable, Australia) Carnarvonia araliifolia, a rainforest tree from Australia.
4. (usually uncountable) Wood from such trees.
5. Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous snake species found in North America.

• (Quercus rubra): northern red oak, champion oak
• (Carnarvonia): red silky oak
• (Agkistrodon contortrix): copperhead

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