white oak

white oak

English

a white oak (Quercus alba)

Noun

white oak (countable and uncountable, plural white oaks)

1. (usually countable) An oak tree with rounded leaf lobes and relatively pale wood, native to eastern North America, Quercus alba.
2. (usually countable) A similar oak tree in a subgenus, Quercus subg. Quercus, especially section Quercus.
3. (usually countable) Lagunaria patersonia, the Queensland white oak.
4. (usually uncountable) The wood of such trees.

Synonyms

• (Lagunaria patersonia): pyramid tree, Norfolk Island hibiscus

Derived terms

• swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
• Oriental white oak (Quercus aliena)
• Arizona white oak (Quercus arizonica)
• Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana)
• California white oak (Quercus lobata)
• Mexican white oak (Quercus polymorpha)

Translations

Quercus alba

Abenaki: wachilmezi Catawba: yap ta'ktcere (literally "white tree") Central Sierra Miwok: le·ka Czech: dub bílý (cs) m French: chêne blanc (fr)

German: Weißeiche Mohegan-Pequot: pakahcumus Ojibwe: mitigomizh Spanish: roble blanco m Unami: wipunkòkw

Lagunaria patersonia

wood

Further reading

• Quercus alba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Quercus alba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Quercus alba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons