資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
{Barren oak}, or
{Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.
{Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.
{Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or
{quercitron oak}.
{Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also
{over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.
{Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.
{Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.
{Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also
called {enceno}.
{Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all
for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.
{Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.
{Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.
{Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.
{Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.
{Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.
{Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.
{Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.
{Swamp Spanish oak}, or
{Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.
{Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.
{Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.
{Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.
{Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe
are:
{Bitter oak}, or
{Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).
{Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.
{English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.
{Evergreen oak},
{Holly oak}, or
{Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.
{Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.
{Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.
Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
{Quercus}, are:
{African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
{Australian, or She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus
{Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).
{Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).
{Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.
{New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
{Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
Turkey \Tur"key\, n. [Cf. 2d {Turkey}.]
An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
{Turkey carpet}, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor
and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed
of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is
distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar
carpets made in India and elsewhere.
{Turkey oak}. (Bot.) See {Cerris}.
{Turkey red}.
(a) A brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes,
etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously
with oil or other fatty matter.
(b) Cloth dyed with this red.
{Turkey sponge}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Toilet sponge}, under
{Sponge}.
{Turkey stone}, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite;
-- called also {Turkey oilstone}.
Cerris \Cer"ris\, n. [L. cerrus.] (Bot.)
A species of oak ({Quercus cerris}) native in the Orient and
southern Europe; -- called also {bitter oak} and {Turkey
oak}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
turkey oak
n 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 [syn: {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 [syn: {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 [syn: {southern red oak}, {swamp
red oak}, {Quercus falcata}]
4: large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia
Minor having oblong-lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes
[syn: {European turkey oak}, {Quercus cerris}]