red oak

1. 1.

   any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles

   Broaderoak

   Narrowersouthern red oaknorthern red oakShumard oak

Questions about red oak

What does red oak mean?

red oak means "any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles".

Is red oak a common word?

red oak is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.