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QUERCUS VIRGINIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Quercus virginiana mean? 

QUERCUS VIRGINIANA (noun)
  The noun QUERCUS VIRGINIANA has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuildingplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


QUERCUS VIRGINIANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Quercus virginiana; southern live oak

Hypernyms ("Quercus virginiana" is a kind of...):

live oak (any of several American evergreen oaks)


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