quercus lyrata

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsovercup oak

   Broaderoak

Questions about quercus lyrata

What does quercus lyrata mean?

quercus lyrata 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 quercus lyrata?

Close synonyms include overcup 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 lyrata a common word?

quercus lyrata 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.