quercus alba

1. 1.

   large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood

   SynonymsAmerican white oak

   Broaderwhite oak

Questions about quercus alba

What does quercus alba mean?

quercus alba means "large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood".

What is another word for quercus alba?

Close synonyms include American white oak. 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 quercus alba a common word?

quercus alba 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.