turkey oak

noun

: a small oak (Quercus laevis) of the southeastern U.S.

also : a Eurasian oak (Q. cerris)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The uplands environment was previously used for citrus groves and is now in the process of returning to a natural environment with sandhill, longleaf pine and turkey oak trees. —

Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2021

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