turkey oak meaning and definition

TURKEY OAK noun

Definition of turkey oak (noun)

1. small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes
   • synonyms: American turkey oak, Quercus laevis
2. small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point
   • synonyms: bluejack oak, Quercus incana
3. 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
   • synonyms: Quercus falcata, southern red oak, swamp red oak
4. large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes
   • synonyms: European turkey oak, Quercus cerris