willow oak

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   medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood

   SynonymsQuercus phellos

   Broaderoak

Questions about willow oak

What does willow oak mean?

willow oak means "medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood".

What is another word for willow oak?

Close synonyms include Quercus phellos. 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 willow oak a common word?

willow 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.