basket oak

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   medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats

   Synonymscow oakQuercus prinusQuercus montana

   Broaderchestnut oak

Questions about basket oak

What does basket oak mean?

basket oak means "medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats".

What is another word for basket oak?

Close synonyms include cow oak, Quercus prinus, Quercus montana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is basket oak a common word?

basket oak is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.