Meaning

1 senses
  1. The tree Quercus coccinea.

More definitions
  • medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn

Origin

From the colour of its leaves in autumn.

From the colour of its leaves in autumn.

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Forms

plural: scarlet oaks
Singularscarlet oak
Pluralscarlet oaks

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn:Quercus coccinea

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