japanese oak

1. 1.

   oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan

   SynonymsQuercus mongolicaQuercus grosseserrata

   Broaderoak

   Part ofQuercus
2. 2.

   small evergreen tree of China and Japan

   SynonymsLithocarpus glabraLithocarpus glaber

   Broadertanbark oak

Questions about japanese oak

What does japanese oak mean?

japanese oak means "oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for japanese oak?

Close synonyms include Quercus mongolica, Quercus grosseserrata, Lithocarpus glabra, Lithocarpus glaber. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is japanese oak a common word?

japanese oak is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.