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silky_oak
silky oak
English
Noun
silky oak (countable and uncountable, plural silky oaks)
- Certain trees and large shrubs in the family Proteaceae:
- especially, Grevillea robusta
- Alloxylon flammeum, red silky oak
- Athertonia diversifolia, cream silky oak
- Austromuellera trinervia, Muellers silky oak
- Bleasdalea bleasdalei, blush silky oak
- Cardwellia, northern silky oak
- Carnarvonia araliifolia, red silky oak
- Darlingia darlingiana, rose silky oak, brown silky oak
- Darlingia ferruginea, rose silky oak, brown silky oak
- Gevuina bleasdalei, wingleaf silky oak
- Grevillea banksii, red silky oak, dwarf silky oak, white silky oak
- Grevillea hilliana, white silky oak, Hill's silky oak
- Grevillea pteridifolia, Darwin silky oak, ferny-leaved silky oak
- Helicia australasica, creek silky oak
- Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia, ivory silky oak
- Musgravea heterophylla, briar silky oak
- Oreocallis wickhamii, red silky oak
- Orites excelsus, mountain silky oak
- Stenocarpus sinuatus, white silky oak
- Stenocarpus salignus, red silky oak
- (uncountable) Wood of any of these trees.