English > white oak: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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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| Narrower | American white oak, Quercus alba | 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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| Arizona white oak, Quercus arizonica | semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups |
| California white oak, valley oak, valley white oak, roble, Quercus lobata | tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns |
| Oregon white oak, Oregon oak, Garry oak, Quercus garryana | small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark |
| bur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpa | Medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups |
| common oak, English oak, pedunculate oak, Quercus robur | Medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes |
| durmast, Quercus petraea, Quercus sessiliflora | deciduous European oak valued for its tough / tough elastic wood |
| swamp white oak, swamp oak, Quercus bicolor | large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks |
| Broader | oak, oak tree | A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus |
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