pin oak
noun
: a pyramidally crowned deciduous oak (Quercus palustris) especially of wet regions of the eastern U.S. that has deeply cleft toothed leaves and rather small nearly hemispherical acorns
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Ask experts for help Bobby Jean Avery-Kimball, the president of the Indiana Native Plant Society Central Chapter, started her native landscaping journey with a fire pit and a pin oak.
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 8 June 2026
Beneath her allée of pin oaks and in an area near the blueberry bushes, white crocus grow.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 31 Mar. 2026
Seven of the trees – yellow birch, northern catalpa, northern white cedar, white (American) elm, northern pin oak and tulip tree, along with the American beech – are in Porter County.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Representatives from the Horn Lake Chamber of Commerce and the Mississippi Forestry Commission will speak and city officials will plant a pin oak to mark the occasion.
—From Staff Reports, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 Feb. 2026
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 8 June 2026
Beneath her allée of pin oaks and in an area near the blueberry bushes, white crocus grow.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 31 Mar. 2026
Seven of the trees – yellow birch, northern catalpa, northern white cedar, white (American) elm, northern pin oak and tulip tree, along with the American beech – are in Porter County.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Representatives from the Horn Lake Chamber of Commerce and the Mississippi Forestry Commission will speak and city officials will plant a pin oak to mark the occasion.
—From Staff Reports, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Pin oak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pin%20oak. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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