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QUERCUS ROBUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Quercus robur mean?
• QUERCUS ROBUR (noun)
The noun QUERCUS ROBUR has 1 sense:
1. medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
Familiarity information: QUERCUS ROBUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common oak; English oak; pedunculate oak; Quercus robur
Hypernyms ("Quercus robur" is a kind of...):
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 extend beyond the margin of the leaf)
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