silky oak

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   medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia

   SynonymsGrevillea robusta

   Broadersilk oak

   Part ofgenus Grevillea

Questions about silky oak

What does silky oak mean?

silky oak means "medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia".

What is another word for silky oak?

Close synonyms include Grevillea robusta. 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.