- Quercus
- nounoaks• Syn: ↑genus Quercus• Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Fagaceae, ↑family Fagaceae, ↑beech family• Member Meronyms:↑oak, ↑oak tree, ↑Japanese oak, ↑Quercus mongolica, ↑Quercus grosseserrata, ↑huckleberry oak, ↑Quercus vaccinifolia
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\\ˈkwərkəs\ nounUsage: capitalized: a genus of hardwood often evergreen trees or shrubs (family Fagaceae) comprising the typical oaks and being widely distributed in the northern hemisphere but most abundant in temperate regions, having alternate linear to elliptical entire or variously lobed leaves, drooping staminate catkins, and pistillate flowers that are solitary in each involucre and succeeded in fruit by a characteristic acorn — see cork oak, live oak, white oak; lithocarpus; compare fagus* * *
Quercus /kwûrˈkəs/nounThe oak genus of the beech familyORIGIN: L quercus oak• • •quercetin /kwûrˈsə-tin/ nounA bioflavonoid with antioxidant and antihistamine properties found in bracken and many foods incl tea, red wine and some vegetables, thought to provide some protection against heart diseasequercetum /kwûr-sēˈtəm/ nounA collection of oak treesquerˈcitron /-si-trən/ noun1. A N American oak, the dyer's oak or yellow-barked oak2. Its inner bark, a source of quercetin and flavin
Useful english dictionary. 2012.