jack oak

Noun

• small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes

• a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  northern pin oak , Quercus ellipsoidalis , blackjack oak , blackjack , Quercus marilandica