NORTHERN RED OAK

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Meaning:

Large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks

Synonyms:

northern red oak; Quercus borealis; Quercus rubra

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("northern red oak" is a kind of...):

red oak (any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles)

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