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WATER OAK
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil
Synonyms:
possum oak; Quercus nigra; water oak
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Hypernyms ("water oak" is a kind of...):
oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)