overcup oak

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   medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year

   SynonymsQuercus lyrata

   Broaderoak

Questions about overcup oak

What does overcup oak mean?

overcup oak means "medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year".

What is another word for overcup oak?

Close synonyms include Quercus lyrata. 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 overcup oak a common word?

overcup oak is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.