QUERCUS BICOLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Quercus bicolor mean? 

• QUERCUS BICOLOR (noun)
  The noun QUERCUS BICOLOR has 1 sense:

1. large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUERCUS BICOLOR (noun)

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Meaning:

Large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Quercus bicolor; swamp oak; swamp white oak

Hypernyms ("Quercus bicolor" 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)