Definition of Quercus cerris

1. Noun. Large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes.

Exact synonyms: European Turkey Oak, Turkey Oak
Generic synonyms: Oak, Oak Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Cerris

Queer Street
Quellung reaction
Quemoy
Quentin
Quentin Jerome Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quenu
Quenu's haemorrhoidal plexus
Quenu-Muret sign
Quenya
Quercus agrifolia
Quercus alba
Quercus arizonica
Quercus bicolor
Quercus borealis
Quercus cerris (current term)
Quercus chrysolepis
Quercus coccinea
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Quercus falcata
Quercus garryana
Quercus grosseserrata
Quercus ilex
Quercus ilicifolia
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus incana
Quercus kelloggii
Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
Quercus lobata

Literary usage of Quercus cerris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"The eggs of Cynips calicis are not deposited on Quercus pedunculate at all, but on another species of oak, Quercus cerris. ..."

2. The Indian Forester (1884)
"After seeing the fine specimens of the Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) at Kew, the reflection is natural that if Quercus pedun- culata grows well in Capo Colony ..."

3. The Indian Forester; a Quarterly Magazine of Forestry (1884)
"After seeing the fine specimens of the Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) at Kew, the reflection is natural that if Quercus pedun- culata grows well in Cape Colony ..."

4. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"We have also another variety of the Quercus cerris, called the Fulham Oak. ... The species is the Turkey oak, or Quercus cerris. The Fulham and the Lucombe ..."

5. Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"We have also another variety of the Quercus cerris, called the Fulham Oak. ... The species is the Turkey oak, or Quercus cerris. The Fulham and the Lucombe ..."

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