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单词 bur oak
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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

Words nearby bur oak

burnt sienna, burnt-tip orchid, burnt umber, burnup, burn your bridges behind you, bur oak, buroo, burp, burpee, burp gun, burpy
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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
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