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ENGLISH OAK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
Synonyms:
common oak; English oak; pedunculate oak; Quercus robur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("English oak" 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)