Definition of Cow oak

1. Noun. Medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats.

Exact synonyms: Basket Oak, Quercus Montana, Quercus Prinus
Generic synonyms: Chestnut Oak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cow Oak

cow barn
cow chip
cow cockle
cow corner
cow dung
cow face
cow hitch
cow hitches
cow juice
cow kidney
cow lily
cow man
cow manure
cow milk
cow milk anaemia
cow oak (current term)
cow parsley
cow parsleys
cow parsnip
cow parsnips
cow pasture
cow pat
cow pats
cow patties
cow patty
cow pen
cow pie
cow pies
cow pony
cow pool

Literary usage of Cow oak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"cow oak (local and common Swamp White Oak (Del., name). Ala.). Basket Oak (Ala., Miss., La., Swamp Chestnut Oak (Fla.). Tex., Ark.). Locality. ..."

2. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Mohr (1901)
"On these bench lands the white oak takes the place of the cow oak. There can be little doubt that the largest supplies of white oak timber in the State are ..."

3. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"For some purposes, for example, the woods of the cow oak, overcup oak, post oak, bur oak or swamp oak are as good as those of the white oak; ..."

4. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"But who shall explain the name "cow oak"? Perhaps it is enough that the acorns ... Perhaps if I lived where the cow oak does I might give an answer that is ..."

5. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Railway, Bridge and (1904)
"I just want to say a few words about cow oak. I quite recently had an experience of a very extensive nature in that respect. We are not explicit enough in ..."

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