noun
a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
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great oaks grow from little acorns
• Syn: ↑oak
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Hyponyms:
↑live oak, ↑white oak, ↑European turkey oak, ↑turkey oak, ↑Quercus cerris, ↑scarlet oak, ↑Quercus coccinea, ↑jack oak, ↑northern pin oak, ↑Quercus ellipsoidalis, ↑red oak, ↑holm oak, ↑holm tree, ↑holly-leaved oak, ↑evergreen oak, ↑Quercus ilex, ↑shingle oak, ↑laurel oak, ↑Quercus imbricaria, ↑bluejack oak, ↑Quercus incana, ↑California black oak, ↑Quercus kelloggii, ↑American turkey oak, ↑Quercus laevis, ↑pin oak, ↑Quercus laurifolia, ↑overcup oak, ↑Quercus lyrata, ↑scrub oak, ↑Japanese oak, ↑Quercus mongolica, ↑Quercus grosseserrata, ↑chestnut oak, ↑water oak, ↑possum oak, ↑Quercus nigra, ↑Nuttall oak, ↑Nuttall's oak, ↑Quercus nuttalli, ↑swamp oak, ↑Quercus palustris, ↑willow oak, ↑Quercus phellos, ↑post oak, ↑box white oak, ↑brash oak, ↑iron oak, ↑Quercus stellata, ↑cork oak, ↑Quercus suber, ↑Spanish oak, ↑Quercus texana, ↑Chinese cork oak, ↑Quercus variabilis, ↑black oak, ↑yellow oak, ↑quercitron, ↑quercitron oak, ↑Quercus velutina
• Member Holonyms: ↑Quercus, ↑genus Quercus
• Substance Meronyms: ↑oak
• Part Meronyms: ↑acorn
Useful english dictionary. 2012.