ROBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roble mean? 

• ROBLE (noun)
  The noun ROBLE has 2 senses:

1. large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens

2. tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns

  Familiarity information: ROBLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROBLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Platymiscium trinitatis; roble

Hypernyms ("roble" is a kind of...):

quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California white oak; Quercus lobata; roble; valley oak; valley white oak

Hypernyms ("roble" 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)