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    QUERCUS MACROCARPA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained woodplay

    Synonyms:

    bur oak; burr oak; mossy-cup oak; mossycup oak; Quercus macrocarpa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Quercus macrocarpa" is a kind of...):

    white oak (any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf)

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