bur oak

  
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An acorn cluster of the bur oak tree.

An acorn cluster of the bur oak tree.

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a North American white oak (Quercus macrocarpa) having large acorns with fringed cups; mossy-cup oak
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noun
An oak tree (Quercus macrocarpa) of eastern North America, having pinnately lobed leaves, acorns enclosed within a deep fringed cup, and hard durable wood.

bur oak

bur oak

Quercus macrocarpa

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