'Turkey oak' definitions:
Definition of 'turkey oak'
From: WordNet
noun
Small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes [syn: American turkey oak, turkey oak, Quercus laevis]
noun
Small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point [syn: bluejack oak, turkey oak, Quercus incana]
noun
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 [syn: southern red oak, swamp red oak, turkey oak, Quercus falcata]
noun
Large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes [syn: European turkey oak, turkey oak, Quercus cerris]
Definition of 'Turkey oak'
From: GCIDE
- Cerris \Cer"ris\, n. [L. cerrus.] (Bot.) A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and {Turkey oak}. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Turkey oak'
From: GCIDE
- Turkey \Tur"key\, pr. n. [Cf. 2d Turkey.] A country in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia. [1913 Webster]
- Turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar carpets made in India and elsewhere.
- Turkey oak. (Bot.) See Cerris.
- Turkey red. (a) A brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes, etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously with oil or other fatty matter. (b) Cloth dyed with this red.
- Turkey sponge. (Zool.) See Toilet sponge, under Sponge.
- Turkey stone, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite; -- called also Turkey oilstone. [1913 Webster]