Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quercus_borealis

1 sense of quercus borealis

Sense 1
northern red oak, Quercus rubra, Quercus borealis -- (large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks)
       => red oak -- (any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles)