Oak vs. Maple

Oaknoun

(countable) A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.

Oaknoun

(uncountable) The wood of the oak.

Oaknoun

A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

Oaknoun

Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.

Oaknoun

Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.

Oaknoun

The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae

Oaknoun

Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae

Oaknoun

Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae

Oaknoun

Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae

Oaknoun

Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.

Oaknoun

The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase "to sport one's oak").

Oaknoun

(wine) The flavor of oak.

Oakadjective

having a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

Oakadjective

made of oak wood or timber

Oakverb

To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.

Oaknoun

Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.

Oaknoun

The strong wood or timber of the oak.

Oaknoun

the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

Oaknoun

a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves;

Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (; Latin ) of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks.

Maplenoun

A tree of the Acer genus, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.

Maplenoun

The wood of such a tree, prized for its hardness and attractive appearance

Maplenoun

A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. Acer saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red maple or swamp maple is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, Acer dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the sycamore maple is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is Acer platanoides.

Maplenoun

wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

Maplenoun

any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

Maple

Acer is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae.