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QUERCUS ALBA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
American white oak; Quercus alba
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Quercus alba" 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)
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