(n)medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year, Syn.Quercus lyrata
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{ } a. [ NL. lyratus. See Lyre. ] 1. (Bot.) Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird. [ 1913 Webster ]