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scarlet oak

noun

Etymology

From the colour of its leaves in autumn.

Definitions

  1. The tree Quercus coccinea.

    • One of the finest scarlet oaks in England is at the Duke of Wellington's seat at Strathfieldsaye.
    • Whereas numbers of trees and basal areas of all species increased between 1957 and 1972, the 1972—1977 timber harvest reduced the number of large black and scarlet oaks proportionately more than other species.

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