turkey oak

n 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 [syn: {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 [syn: {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 [syn: {southern red oak}, {swamp

red oak}, {Quercus falcata}]

4: large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia

Minor having oblong-lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes

[syn: {European turkey oak}, {Quercus cerris}]