QUERCUS ALBA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood

Synonyms:

American white oak; Quercus alba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Quercus alba" is a kind of...):

white oak (any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf)

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