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Definition of Quercus
1. Noun. Oaks.
Generic synonyms: Hamamelid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Beech Family, Fagaceae, Family Fagaceae
Member holonyms: Oak, Oak Tree, Japanese Oak, Quercus Grosseserrata, Quercus Mongolica, Huckleberry Oak, Quercus Vaccinifolia
Definition of Quercus
1. n. A genus of trees constituted by the oak. See Oak.
Medical Definition of Quercus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus
Literary usage of Quercus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest Trees, of the by François André Michaux, Augustus Lucas Hillhouse (1819)
"Running oak I, 73 quercus rubra Red oak I, io3 quercus suber Cork oak . ...
Dwarf rose bay IT, 73 quercus virens. . . . Live oak 1, 57 Robinia viscosa. ..."
2. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1878)
"quercus coriácea, Newby., Boston Journ. Nat. Hist., 18 3, p. 15. 107. quercus
elliptica, Newby. ... Sei. and Arts, vol. xxvii, p. 300. 169. quercus Benzoin ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"quercus alba, pedunculata and tinctoria (keep their quercus macrocarpa (corky
... quercus macrocarpa. quercus palustris. quercus rubra. quercus velutina. ..."
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