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WHITE OAK

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Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "white oak"):

American white oak; Quercus alba (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)

Arizona white oak; Quercus arizonica (semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups)

Quercus bicolor; swamp oak; swamp white oak (large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil)

Garry oak; Oregon oak; Oregon white oak; Quercus garryana (small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark)

California white oak; Quercus lobata; roble; valley oak; valley white oak (tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns)

bur oak; burr oak; mossy-cup oak; mossycup oak; Quercus macrocarpa (medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood)

durmast; Quercus petraea; Quercus sessiliflora (deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood)

common oak; English oak; pedunculate oak; Quercus robur (medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood)

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