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bur oak in American English
a North American white oak (Quercus macrocarpa) having large acorns with fringed cups; mossy-cup oak
noun: an oak tree, Quercus macrocarpa, of eastern North America, having shiny, dark-green leaves, light-gray deeply ridged bark, and very large acorns with a fringed cup, yielding a hard, durable wood: the state tree of Illinois

bur oak in British English
noun: an E North American oak, Quercus macrocarpa, having fringed acorn cups and durable timber

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