iron oak

Noun

• medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  canyon oak , canyon live oak , maul oak , Quercus chrysolepis , post oak , box white oak , brash oak , Quercus stellata