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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the southern United States, the Turkey oak, Quercus Catesbæi: so called from the shape of the leaf.
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Quercus Catesbaei, Michx, the forked-leaf black-jack and Q. Marylandica, Muench, the black-jack oak are common on poor land
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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