'Silky oak' definitions:
Definition of 'silky oak'
From: WordNet
noun
Medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia [syn: silky oak, Grevillea robusta]
Definition of 'Silky oak'
From: GCIDE
- Silky \Silk"y\, a. [Compar. Silkier; superl. Silkiest.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. [1913 Webster]
- Silky oak (Bot.), a lofty Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta}) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber. [1913 Webster]