silky oak

American  

noun

1. silk oak.

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silky oak British  

noun

1. any of several trees of the Australian genus Grevillea, esp G. robusta, having divided leaves, smooth glossy wood, and showy clusters of orange, red, or white flowers: cultivated in the tropics as shade trees: family Proteaceae

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Etymology

Origin of silky oak

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

I chose red oak for the purpose, mainly because I didn't know of any of the other good splitters, like silky oak, young maple, or ash.

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.

The most beautiful and valuable of the ornamental woods are red cedar, silky oak, bean-tree, and maple.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland

From thence to camp, 7 miles, was over saline plains, intersected by belts of bloodwood, tea-tree, mangrove, nuptle, grevillea, dogwood, applegum, silky oak, and pandanus.

From Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland by Byerley, Frederick, J.