white oak
noun1
Usually An oak tree with rounded leaf lobes and relatively pale wood, native to eastern North America, Quercus alba.
2
Usually A similar oak tree in a subgenus, Quercus subg. Quercus, especially section Quercus.
3
Usually Lagunaria patersonia (Queensland white oak).
4
Usually The wood of such trees.
- Synonyms
- pyramid tree, Norfolk Island hibiscus
- Derived terms
- Arizona white oak, California white oak, Mexican white oak, Oregon white oak, Oriental white oak, swamp white oak