WATER OAK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil

Synonyms:

possum oak; Quercus nigra; water oak

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("water oak" is a kind of...):

oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)

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