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) , the Queensland white oak.
4. (usually uncountable) The wood of such trees.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
• Oriental white oak ()
• Arizona white oak ()
• Oregon white oak ()
• California white oak ()
• Mexican white oak ()

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)
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• German: Weißeiche
• Mohegan-Pequot: pakahcumus
• Ojibwe: mitigomizh, wiishkobi-mitigomizh
• Spanish: roble blanco m
• Unami: wipunkòkw

Lagunaria patersonia

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wood

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Further reading

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