JAPANESE OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese oak mean? 

• JAPANESE OAK (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE OAK has 2 senses:

1. oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan

2. small evergreen tree of China and Japan

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE OAK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE OAK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Japanese oak; Quercus grosseserrata; Quercus mongolica

Hypernyms ("Japanese oak" is a kind of...):

oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)

Holonyms ("Japanese oak" is a member of...):

genus Quercus; Quercus (oaks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small evergreen tree of China and Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Japanese oak; Lithocarpus glaber; Lithocarpus glabra

Hypernyms ("Japanese oak" is a kind of...):

Lithocarpus densiflorus; tanbark oak (evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark)