jack oak n 1: a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad 3-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets [syn: {blackjack oak}, {blackjack}, {Quercus marilandica}] 2: small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes [syn: {northern pin oak}, {Quercus ellipsoidalis}]