oaknorthern red oakQuercus rubraoak (?k)n.1. a. Any of numerous deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Quercus, bearing acorns as fruit.b. The hard durable wood of any of these trees or shrubs.c. Something made of this wood.2. Any of various trees or shrubs having wood or a leaf shape similar to that of certain oaks.3. Any of various brown shades resembling the wood of an oak in color.[Middle English ok, from Old English ?c.]oak?en (??k?n) adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.oak (??k) n1. (Plants) any deciduous or evergreen tree or shrub of the fagaceous genus Quercus, having acorns as fruits and lobed leaves. See also holm oak, cork oak, red oak, Turkey oak, durmast2. (Plants) a. the wood of any of these trees, used esp as building timber and for making furnitureb. (as modifier): an oak table. 3. (Plants) any of various trees that resemble the oak, such as the poison oak, silky oak, and Jerusalem oak4. (Education) a. anything made of oak, esp a heavy outer door to a set of rooms in an Oxford or Cambridge collegeb. sport one’s oak to shut this door as a sign one does not want visitors5. the leaves of an oak tree, worn as a garland6. (Colours) the dark brownish colour of oak wood7. (Plants) Austral any of various species of casuarina, such as desert oak, swamp oak, or she-oak[Old English ?c; related to Old Norse eik, Old High German eih, Latin aesculus]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014oak (o?k) n. 1. any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit. 2. the hard, durable wood of such a tree. 3. the leaves of this tree, esp. as worn in a chaplet. [before 900; Middle English ook, Old English ?c; c. Dutch eik, Old High German eih (German Eiche), Old Norse eik] oak?en, adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.oak (?k) Any of numerous trees that bear acorns and often have leaves that are irregularly notched or lobed.The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.oakrambunctious – Once rumbustious and robusteous, it is probably based on Latin robus, “oak”?implying strength?and can describe a person or animal.robust – Comes from Latin meaning “oak” and “oaken.”tan – From a Latin word for “oak,” it first referred to the crushed bark of the oak or other trees, especially in its use to convert hides into leather.tree – Part of a large Indo-European group based on deru/doru-, “oak.”Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.