turkey oak

Noun

• large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes

• 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

• small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point

• small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  European turkey oak , Quercus cerris , southern red oak , swamp red oak , Quercus falcata , bluejack oak , Quercus incana , American turkey oak , Quercus laevis