- red oak - any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles
--1 is a kind of oak, oak tree
--1 has particulars:southern red oak, swamp red oak, turkey oak, Quercus falcata; northern red oak, Quercus rubra, Quercus borealis; Shumard oak, Shumard red oak, Quercus shumardii