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OAK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
Example:
great oaks grow from little acorns
Synonyms:
oak; oak tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("oak" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (parts of "oak"):
acorn (fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base)
Meronyms (substance of "oak"):
oak (the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oak"):
Chinese cork oak; Quercus variabilis (medium to large deciduous tree of China, Japan, and Korea having thick corky bark)
Quercus texana; Spanish oak (small deciduous tree having the trunk branched almost from the base with spreading branches; Texas and southern Oklahoma)
cork oak; Quercus suber (medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork)
box white oak; brash oak; iron oak; post oak; Quercus stellata (small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts)
Quercus phellos; willow oak (medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood)
pin oak; Quercus palustris; swamp oak (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)
Nuttall's oak; Nuttall oak; Quercus nuttalli (similar to the pin oak; grows in damp sites in Mississippi River basin)
possum oak; Quercus nigra; water oak (relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil)
chestnut oak (an oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees)
Japanese oak; Quercus grosseserrata; Quercus mongolica (oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan)
scrub oak (any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets)
overcup oak; Quercus lyrata (medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year)
laurel oak; pin oak; Quercus laurifolia (large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil)
American turkey oak; Quercus laevis; turkey oak (small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes)
California black oak; Quercus kelloggii (large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves)
bluejack oak; Quercus incana; turkey oak (small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point)
laurel oak; Quercus imbricaria; shingle oak (small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles)
evergreen oak; holly-leaved oak; holm oak; holm tree; Quercus ilex (evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood)
red oak (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)
jack oak; northern pin oak; Quercus ellipsoidalis (small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes)
Quercus coccinea; scarlet oak (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)
European turkey oak; Quercus cerris; turkey oak (large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes)
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)
live oak (any of several American evergreen oaks)
black oak; quercitron; quercitron oak; Quercus velutina; yellow oak (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)
Holonyms ("oak" is a member of...):
genus Quercus; Quercus (oaks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("oak" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oak"):
fumed oak (oak given a weathered appearance by exposure to fumes of ammonia; used for cabinetwork)
holm oak (hard wood of the holm oak tree)
Holonyms ("oak" is a substance of...):
oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)
Context examples:
"Yonder, among the oak trees," said the tiger, pointing with his forefoot.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
We all went together, she before us: and a glorious old room it was, with more oak beams, and diamond panes; and the broad balustrade going all the way up to it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Or if we are, Miss Price will be so good as to tell him that he will find us near that knoll: the grove of oak on the knoll.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A pleasant green field, with three wide-spreading oaks in the middle and a smooth strip of turf for croquet.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
On either side stretched lawns, their broad sweep broken here and there by great sturdy-limbed oaks.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
A drug used to treat allergies and relieve cough and itching caused by insect bites, sunburn, and poison oak or ivy.
(Diphenhydramine, NCI Dictionary)
Words used to describe itchy pain include 'like poison oak' and 'like a mosquito bite.'
(NPS - Tell Us How Itchy Your Pain Feels, NCI Thesaurus)
This was a new scene to us mountaineers; the majestic oaks, the quantity of game, and the herds of stately deer were all novelties to us.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He took the little tailor to a mighty oak tree which lay there felled on the ground, and said: If you are strong enough, help me to carry the tree out of the forest.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Its windows opening to the ground, admitted a most refreshing view of the high woody hills behind the house, and of the beautiful oaks and Spanish chestnuts which were scattered over the intermediate lawn.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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