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Turkey oak
noun 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. Synonyms: 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. Synonyms: 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. Synonyms: Quercus falcata, southern red oak, swamp red oak.
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