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| large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood ❲Quercus alba❳ | ||||
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| any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf |