HyperDic: common_oak

English > 1 sense of the expression common oak:
NOUNplantcommon oak, English oak, pedunculate oak, Quercus roburmedium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes
English > common oak: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMedium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood.
SynonymsEnglish oak, pedunculate oak, Quercus robur
Broaderwhite oakAny 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 / never extend beyond the margin of the leaf
CatalanQuercus robur

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