jack oak

American  

noun

1. the blackjack, Quercus marilandica.

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Etymology

Origin of jack oak

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

If Sounder was dead, he hoped no one would come along and see him carrying the grub hoe and shovel across the field to the big jack oak.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

I know I can carry him if I try hard enough, and I will bury him across the field, near the fencerow, under the big jack oak tree.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

The jack oak, Quercus ellipsoidalis Hill, is a smaller tree found frequently alongside black oak in the northern third of the State.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.

THE black jack oak is a tree of sandy and clayey barren lands where few other forest trees thrive.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.