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oak

oak [ ōk ]


noun  (plural oaks)
Definition:
 
1. hard wood of oak tree: a hard rich-colored wood. Use: furniture-making, flooring.

2. tree: a deciduous or evergreen tree with acorns as fruit and leaves with several rounded or pointed lobes, grown for its shade and wood. Native to: northern hemisphere.  Genus Quercus.

3. bush: a bush with lobed leaves like those of an oak tree, e.g. a Jerusalem oak or poison oak

4. oak wreath or garland: a decoration made from the leaves of an oak tree, especially a wreath or garland



adjective 
Definition:
 
of rich brown color: of a rich brown color, similar to the color of oak wood

[ Old English āc< Germanic]
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