white oak
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1. 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 | : | american white oak, quercus alba, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | arizona white oak, quercus arizonica, |
| definition | : | semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | quercus bicolor, swamp oak, swamp white oak, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | garry oak, oregon oak, oregon white oak, quercus garryana, |
| definition | : | small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | california white oak, quercus lobata, roble, valley oak, valley white oak, |
| definition | : | tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, quercus macrocarpa, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | durmast, quercus petraea, quercus sessiliflora, |
| definition | : | deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | common oak, english oak, pedunculate oak, quercus robur, |
| definition | : | medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood (noun.plant) |
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