noun
medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
• Syn: ↑common oak, ↑pedunculate oak, ↑Quercus robur
• Hypernyms: ↑white oak
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nounUsage: usually capitalized E
Etymology: Middle English english oke, from english (I) + oke, ook oak
1.
a. : a medium-sized to large tree (Quercus robur) having glabrous leaves with very short petioles and rounded lobes
b. : the strong durable hard straight-grained wood of this tree that is used in structural work and cabinetwork and tends to darken with prolonged exposure from pale yellowish brown almost to black
Useful english dictionary. 2012.