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Poison Oak

Definition: Poison Oak

Poison Oak

Noun

1. Dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison oak plant.

2. Climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Poison Oak

Synonyms: markweed (n), poison ivy (n), poison mercury (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Poison Oak

English words defined with "poison oak": eastern poison oakwestern poison oakYeara. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Poison Oak

DomainTitle

Books

  • Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Poison Sumac, and Their Relatives (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Poison Oak

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Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum) found near Upper Table Rock. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expressions: Poison Oak

Expressions using "poison oak": eastern poison oak western poison oak. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Poison Oak

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

poison oak

1,806

picture poison oak

180

poison ivy poison oak poison sumac

96

poison oak treatment

71

poison oak or ivy

65

poison ivy poison oak

49

poison oak remedy

40

poison oak rash

36

poison oak cure

28

poison oak leaf

8

treating poison oak

7

poison oak contagious

4

prednisone poison oak

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Poison Oak

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Agrilus angustulus, Ceratocystis fagacearum, Chalara quercina, Evernia furfuracea, Lasiocampa quercus, Quercus, Quercus aegylops, Quercus cerris, Quercus ilex, Quercus lusitanica, Quercus pubescens, Quercus rubra, Quercus suber, Quercus tinctoria, Quercus valonea, Quercus velutina, Quercus virginiana. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Poison Oak

Misspellings

"Poison Oak" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: poision oak. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Poison Oak

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-k-n-o-o-o-p-s"

-3 letters: okapis, pianos, pinkos, poison, pookas.

-4 letters: askoi, ikons, kains, kaons, kinas, kinos, knaps, knops, knosp, koans, nipas, nooks, oinks, okapi, opsin, paiks, pains, piano, pians, pikas, pinas, pinko, pinks, pions, pooka, poons, psoai, snook, snoop, spank, spook, spoon.

-5 letters: ains, akin, anis, ikon, inks, ions, kain, kaon, kina, kino, kins, kips, knap, knop.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Poison Oak


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 69 73 6F 6E      4F 61 6B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01101001 01110011 01101111 01101110 00100000 01001111 01100001 01101011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#105 &#115 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#79 &#97 &#107

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0069 0073 006F 006E      004F 0061 006B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5081758581802496777

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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