Oak



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• n. 橡树

Webster Collegiate

knoun (plural oaks or oak)

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English ook, from Old English āc; akin to Old High German eih oak and perhaps to Greek aigilōps, a kind of oak
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. any of a genus (Quercus) of trees or shrubs of the beech family that produce acorns; also any of various plants related to or resembling the oaks
  • b. the tough hard durable wood of an oak tree
• 2. the leaves of an oak used as decoration
• ? oaken adjective

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