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    IRON OAK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leavesplay

    Synonyms:

    canyon live oak; canyon oak; iron oak; maul oak; Quercus chrysolepis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("iron oak" is a kind of...):

    live oak (any of several American evergreen oaks)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence postsplay

    Synonyms:

    box white oak; brash oak; iron oak; post oak; Quercus stellata

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("iron oak" is a kind of...):

    oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)

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