| NOUN | plant | Quercus alba, American white oak | large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes |
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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. | |
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| Synonym | American white oak | |
| Broader | 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 / never extend beyond the margin of the leaf |
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