BOX WHITE OAK

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Meaning:

Small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts

Synonyms:

box white oak; brash oak; iron oak; post oak; Quercus stellata

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("box white oak" is a kind of...):

oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)

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