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Definition of Japanese oak

1. Noun. Oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Oak

Literary usage of Japanese oak

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

1. Union Labor in Peace and War by Walter V. Woehlke (1918)
"Or it can apply to the Mitsui company for Japanese oak cut in Japan by Japanese labor, manufactured in Japanese mills and transported in Japanese steamers. ..."

2. Lumber, Its Manufacture and Distribution by Ralph Clement Bryant (1922)
"Some Japanese oak has been imported in recent years through the San Francisco ... Japanese oak again appeared in the West Coast markets in 1920 and promises ..."

3. Timber by James Rae Baterden (1908)
"Unlike the American wood, the Japanese oak sent over is most accurately sawn. ... Aka Gashi (Q. acuta) is another Japanese oak, the timber of which is hard ..."

4. Pamphlets on Forestry in Michigan (1898)
"A Japanese oak. East of the Woman's Building. 'Quercus glandulifera Blume. A Japanese oak. East of the Woman's Building. *Quercus ilicifolia Wang. ..."

5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1887)
"... Guérin-Méneville (Japanese oak silkworm).—This valuable species, which forms a beautiful cocoon, yellow or green, similar in shape to that of Bombyx ..."

6. Holly, Yew & Box: With Notes on Other Evergreens by William Dallimore, Thomas Moore (1908)
"This is a handsome Japanese oak of bush-like habit, with large obovate leaves, dark green and glossy above, and greyish beneath. ..."

7. Holly, Yew & Box: With Notes on Other Evergreens by William Dallimore, Thomas Moore (1908)
"This is a handsome Japanese oak of bush-like habit, with large obovate leaves, dark green and glossy above, and greyish beneath. ..."

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