QUERCUS ALBA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Quercus alba mean? 

• QUERCUS ALBA (noun)
  The noun QUERCUS ALBA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: QUERCUS ALBA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUERCUS ALBA (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American white oak; Quercus alba

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)