WATER OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water oak mean? 

• WATER OAK (noun)
  The noun WATER OAK has 1 sense:

1. relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil

  Familiarity information: WATER OAK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER OAK (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

possum oak; Quercus nigra; water oak

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

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