oak tree
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1. a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | live oak, |
| definition | : | any of several American evergreen oaks (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | white oak, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | quercus coccinea, scarlet oak, |
| definition | : | medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | red oak, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | laurel oak, quercus imbricaria, shingle oak, |
| definition | : | small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bluejack oak, quercus incana, turkey oak, |
| definition | : | small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | american turkey oak, quercus laevis, turkey oak, |
| definition | : | small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | overcup oak, quercus lyrata, |
| definition | : | medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | scrub oak, |
| definition | : | any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | chestnut oak, |
| definition | : | an oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | possum oak, quercus nigra, water oak, |
| definition | : | relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pin oak, quercus palustris, swamp oak, |
| definition | : | fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | quercus phellos, willow oak, |
| definition | : | medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cork oak, quercus suber, |
| definition | : | medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | quercus texana, spanish oak, |
| definition | : | small deciduous tree having the trunk branched almost from the base with spreading branches; Texas and southern Oklahoma (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | black oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, quercus velutina, yellow oak, |
| definition | : | medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | acorn, |
| definition | : | fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | oak, |
| definition | : | the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring (noun.plant) |
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