white oak

English

a white oak (Quercus alba)

Noun

white oak (countable and uncountable, plural white oaks)

1. (usually countable) An oak tree with rounded leaf lobes and relatively pale wood, native to eastern North America, Quercus alba.
2. (usually countable) A similar oak tree in a subgenus, Quercus subg. Quercus, especially section Quercus.
3. (usually countable) Lagunaria patersonia (Queensland white oak).
4. (usually uncountable) The wood of such trees.

Synonyms

• (Lagunaria patersonia): pyramid tree, Norfolk Island hibiscus

Derived terms

• Arizona white oak (Quercus arizonica)
• California white oak (Quercus lobata)
• Mexican white oak (Quercus polymorpha)
• Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana)
• Oriental white oak (Quercus aliena)
• swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)

Translations

Quercus alba

• Abenaki: wachilmezi
• Catawba: yap ta'ktcere (literally “white tree”)
• Central Sierra Miwok: le·ka
• Czech: dub bílý (cs) m
• French: chêne blanc (fr)
• German: Weißeiche
• Mohegan-Pequot: pakahcumus
• Ojibwe: mitigomizh, wiishkobi-mitigomizh
• Polish: dąb biały (pl) m
• Spanish: roble blanco m
• Unami: wipunkòkw

Lagunaria patersonia

• Polish: hibiskus z wyspy Norfolk m

wood

• Polish: drewno dębu białego n

Further reading

• Quercus alba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Quercus alba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Quercus alba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons