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, 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,
Quercus chrysolepis]