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Definition of Iron oak

1. Noun. Small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts.

2. Noun. Medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iron Oak

iron horse iron horses iron index iron isotopes iron lung iron maiden iron maidens iron man iron manganese tungsten iron metabolism disorders

iron mine iron mines iron mold iron mould iron oak (current term) iron ore iron out iron overload iron oxide iron oxides

iron perchloride iron poisoning iron protoporphyrin iron putty iron pyrite iron pyrites iron radioisotopes iron sorbitex iron sorbitol

Literary usage of Iron oak

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

1. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1799)
"... oak i but I foon found that the iron oak overgrew all the others, ... An iron oak, 2o years old — —— 36 o —— 3 3 Another, of the fame age • 37 o 3 oA ..."

2. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"The iron oak, called also past oak, ... iron oak. Lnt. oblong, smooth, glaucous beneath, deeply and unequally ..."

3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"In Maryland, and a great part of Virginia, where it abounds, it is called the box white oak, and sometimes the iron oak, and the post oak. ..."

4. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1799)
"An iron oak, 2,0 years old, . 36 o 33 Another, of the fame age, ..370 30 A Lucombe Oak, the fame age, grafted on an ..."

5. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1799)
"... oak i but I foon found that the iron oak overgrew all the others, ... An iron oak, 2o years old — —— 36 o —— 3 3 Another, of the fame age • 37 o 3 oA ..."

6. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"The iron oak, called also past oak, ... iron oak. Lnt. oblong, smooth, glaucous beneath, deeply and unequally ..."

7. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"In Maryland, and a great part of Virginia, where it abounds, it is called the box white oak, and sometimes the iron oak, and the post oak. ..."

8. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1799)
"An iron oak, 2,0 years old, . 36 o 33 Another, of the fame age, ..370 30 A Lucombe Oak, the fame age, grafted on an ..."

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