iron oak
n 1: 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
[syn: {post oak}, {box white oak}, {brash oak}, {iron oak},
{Quercus stellata}]
2: medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and
northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged
leaves [syn: {canyon oak}, {canyon live oak}, {maul oak},
{iron oak}, {Quercus chrysolepis}]