1. a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets • Syn: blackjack oak, blackjack, Quercus marilandica • Hypernyms: scrub oak 2. small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes • Syn: northern pin oak, Quercus ellipsoidalis • Hypernyms: oak, oak tree