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ROBLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns

Synonyms:

California white oak; Quercus lobata; roble; valley oak; valley white oak

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("roble" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens

Synonyms:

Platymiscium trinitatis; roble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("roble" is a kind of...):

quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)

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