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gray oak

noun

Definition of gray oak 

1 : scarlet oak

2 : red oak sense 1a

3 : a low scrubby live oak (Quercus grisea) of the southwestern U.S. having dark gray furrowed bark and entire dusty gray-blue leaves

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