red oak

red oak
noun Date: 1634 1. any of various North American oaks (as Quercus rubra and Quercus falcata) that have acorns with the inner surface of the shell lined with woolly hairs, the acorn cap covered with thin scales, and leaf veins that usually run beyond the margin of the leaf to form bristles 2. the wood of a red oak

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  • Red Oak, OK — U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 581 Housing Units (2000): 283 Land area (2000): 0.939069 sq. miles (2.432177 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.939069 sq. miles (2.432177 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Red Oak, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 4301 Housing Units (2000): 1625 Land area (2000): 7.820328 sq. miles (20.254556 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 7.820328 sq. miles (20.254556 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Red oak — may refer to:* Lobatae , a kind of oak tree * Agkistrodon contortrix , a venomous snake species found in North America * Red Oak, Iowa, a town in southwestern Iowa …   Wikipedia

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  • Red Oak — (spr. redd ōk), Stadt im nordamerikan. Staat Iowa, am East Nishnabatona River, mit Tonwaren und Ziegelfabrikation, Handel und (1900) 4355 Einw …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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