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QUERCUS SHUMARDII

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Quercus shumardii mean? 

QUERCUS SHUMARDII (noun)
  The noun QUERCUS SHUMARDII has 1 sense:

1. large deciduous red oak of southern and eastern United States having large seven-lobed to nine-lobed elliptical leaves, large acorns and medium hard coarse-grained woodplay

  Familiarity information: QUERCUS SHUMARDII used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUERCUS SHUMARDII (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large deciduous red oak of southern and eastern United States having large seven-lobed to nine-lobed elliptical leaves, large acorns and medium hard coarse-grained wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Quercus shumardii; Shumard oak; Shumard red oak

Hypernyms ("Quercus shumardii" is a kind of...):

red oak (any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles)


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