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    SWAMP WHITE OAK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soilplay

    Synonyms:

    Quercus bicolor; swamp oak; swamp white oak

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("swamp white oak" 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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