TANBARK OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tanbark oak mean? 

• TANBARK OAK (noun)
  The noun TANBARK OAK has 1 sense:

1. evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark

  Familiarity information: TANBARK OAK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANBARK OAK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lithocarpus densiflorus; tanbark oak

Hypernyms ("tanbark oak" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tanbark oak"):

Japanese oak; Lithocarpus glaber; Lithocarpus glabra (small evergreen tree of China and Japan)

Holonyms ("tanbark oak" is a member of...):

genus Lithocarpus; Lithocarpus (tanbark oaks)