Synonyms: Quercus ellipsoidalis, jack oak, northern pin oak
Definition: small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes
Definition: a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
Usage: great oaks grow from little acorns
Synonyms: Quercus marilandica, jack oak, blackjack, blackjack oak
Definition: a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets
Similar words: scrub oak
Definition: any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets