noun
medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats
• Syn: ↑cow oak, ↑Quercus prinus, ↑Quercus montana
• Hypernyms: ↑chestnut oak
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noun : a rather large oak (Quercus prinus) of the southeastern and central United States having a durable wood that is used as timber and often split and woven into baskets — called also cow oak, swamp chestnut oak
Useful english dictionary. 2012.