Definition of Quercus variabilis

1. Noun. Medium to large deciduous tree of China, Japan, and Korea having thick corky bark.

Exact synonyms: Chinese Cork Oak
Generic synonyms: Oak, Oak Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Variabilis

Quercus nigra
Quercus nuttalli
Quercus palustris
Quercus petraea
Quercus phellos
Quercus prinoides
Quercus prinus
Quercus robur
Quercus rubra
Quercus sessiliflora
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus suber
Quercus texana
Quercus vaccinifolia
Quercus variabilis (current term)
Quercus velutina
Quercus virginiana
Quercus wislizenii
Quercus wizlizenii
Quervain
Querétaro
Question Period
Question Time
Quetelet
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Quetta
Quetzalcoatl
Queyrat
Quezon City

Literary usage of Quercus variabilis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forest Flora of Japan: Notes on the Forest Flora of Japan by Charles Sprague Sargent (1894)
"Quercus acuta, which is also much planted in Tokyo, we saw growing to the height of more than eighty feet, with Quercus variabilis, in the temple grounds ..."

2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Quercus variabilis has leathery, dark green chestnut- like leaves, with white woolly linings. Quercus dentata, with toothed margins, in one variety cut into ..."

3. Useful Plants of Japan Described and Illustrated by Dai Nihon Nōkai (1895)
"It is a large tree found wild in mountains. It has the same uses as before. 563. C. Quercus variabilis, Bl., Jap. Wata-nara> Wata- kunugi, ..."

4. A naturalist in western China: with vasculum, camera, and gun; being some by Ernest Henry Wilson, Charles Sprague Sargent (1913)
"... small Oak (Quercus variabilis), where the Jew's ear Fungus is cultivated. The culture is as follows: Oak saplings, about 6 inches thick, are cut down, ..."

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