jack oak n 1: a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club- shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets [syn: {blackjack oak}, {blackjack}, {jack oak}, {Quercus marilandica}] 2: small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes [syn: {jack oak}, {northern pin oak}, {Quercus ellipsoidalis}]