scarlet oak
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The tree Quercus coccinea.
Example Sentences
- "One of the finest scarlet oaks in England is at the Duke of Wellington's seat at Strathfieldsaye."
- "Seed production in scarlet oaks varies greatly from year to year; occasionally the trees produce bumper crops. Scarlet oak is a member of the red oak group, all of whose acorns are invested with bitter-tasting tannin compounds, likely evolved to deter mammals from eating too many of them."
- "Whereas numbers of trees and basal areas of all species increased between 1957 and 1972, the 1972—1977 timber harvest reduced the number of large black and scarlet oaks proportionately more than other species."