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Definition of Cerris
1. n. A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.
Definition of Cerris
1. the turkey oak [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerris
Literary usage of Cerris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"... or perhaps even identical with it. iui. e..,«miin.- § ii. cerris. Mosty-cupped,
or Turkey, ... cerris ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"1556. shows portraits of three leaves, taken from a specimen of Q. cerris vulgaris
gathered in the arboretum at Milford in 1835, and there erroneously named ..."
3. A Short Treatise on Horticulture: Embracing Descriptions of a Great Variety by William Prince (1828)
"Quercus cerris, or Turkey Oak.—This forms a tree of middle stature; the leaves
are green on the upper surface, and downy beneath; they are oblong,and so ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"The eggs of Cynips calicis are not deposited on Quercus pedunculate at all, but
on another species of oak, Quercus cerris. ..."
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