QUERCUS FALCATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Quercus falcata mean? 

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

1. large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUERCUS FALCATA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Quercus falcata; southern red oak; swamp red oak; turkey oak

Hypernyms ("Quercus falcata" 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)