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Definition of American white oak
1. Noun. Large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood.
Lexicographical Neighbors of American White Oak
Literary usage of American white oak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign by Thomas Laslett (1894)
"American white oak (Quercus alba}. This tree derives its name from the pale ash
colour of its bark, and is said to flourish in almost every variety of soil, ..."
2. Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign by Thomas Laslett, Harry Marshall Ward (1894)
"American white oak (Quercus alba). This tree derives its name from the pale ash
colour of its bark, and is said to flourish in almost every variety of soil, ..."
3. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"... though not the largest, of the American trees of the Oak family, and the one
that is most like the English tree, is the American white oak. ..."
4. The Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering by William Hubert Burr (1903)
"American white Oak. American, Baltimore Oak. African (or Teak) Teak, Moulmein
Ir>.m wood. ... New Zealand Locust, American White oak, American Spruce. ..."
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