Definition of Quercus bicolor

1. Noun. 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 soil.

Exact synonyms: Swamp Oak, Swamp White Oak
Generic synonyms: White Oak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Bicolor

Queenslander
Queenslanders
Queer Street
Quellung reaction
Quemoy
Quentin
Quentin Jerome Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quenu
Quenu's haemorrhoidal plexus
Quenu-Muret sign
Quenya
Quercus agrifolia
Quercus alba
Quercus arizonica
Quercus bicolor (current term)
Quercus borealis
Quercus cerris
Quercus chrysolepis
Quercus coccinea
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Quercus falcata
Quercus garryana
Quercus grosseserrata
Quercus ilex
Quercus ilicifolia
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus incana
Quercus kelloggii
Quercus laevis

Literary usage of Quercus bicolor

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

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1917)
"The following tree species appear upon the margins of such ponds and succeed the shrubs, Nyssa sylvatica, Quercus palus- tris, and Quercus bicolor. ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1913)
"4 in a small area of pastured forest, composed chiefly of Quercus bicolor and Fraxinus americana, also a moderate proportion of F. nigra. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1904)
"The absence of Betula nigra and Quercus bicolor is to be noted. The Mississippi Alluvium,— The alluvium of the Mississippi River consists of detached and ..."

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