"water oak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water oaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water oak (plural water oaks)
  1. (chiefly Canada, US) Any of various hard oaks that grow near rivers or swamps, especially Quercus nigra, of the southern US. Wikipedia link: water oak Tags: Canada, US Categories (lifeform): Oaks Translations (tree): dub černý [masculine] (Czech), shoxakw (Unami)

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