red oak

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red oak¹

noun red oaks

  1. countable, usually An oak tree with wood of a red tint, with leaves that have pointed lobes, Quercus rubra, native to eastern North America.
  2. countable, usually A similar tree of any of the many species in Quercus subg. Quercus, section Lobatae, found mostly in North America.
  3. Australia, countable, usually Carnarvonia araliifolia, a rainforest tree from Australia.

    Similar: red silky oak

  4. uncountable, usually Wood from such trees.
  5. countable, uncountable Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous snake species found in North America.

    Similar: copperhead

Similar: northern red oak, champion oak

Red Oak²

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  1. A community in South Fulton, Fulton County, Georgia.
  2. An unincorporated community in Buckeye Township, Stephenson County, Illinois.
  3. A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Iowa.
  4. An unincorporated community in Bell County, Kentucky.
  5. An unincorporated community in Greenwood Township, Oscoda County, Michigan.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri.
  7. A town in Nash County, North Carolina.
  8. A town in Latimer County, Oklahoma.
  9. A city in Ellis County, Texas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Charlotte County, Virginia.

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noun Quercus rubra tree

Françaischêne rouge, chêne rouge d’Amérique
DeutschRoteiche

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@misc{red_oak_2026,
  title = {red oak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/red%20oak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}