1. small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts • Syn: post oak, box white oak, brash oak, Quercus stellata • Hypernyms: oak, oak tree 2. medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves • Syn: canyon oak, canyon live oak, maul oak, Quercus chrysolepis • Hypernyms: live oak