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Definition of Quercus alba
1. Noun. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Alba
Literary usage of Quercus alba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"THE RAY SYSTEM OF Quercus alba ... TWENTY-TWO FIGURES) Introduction The medullary
rays of Quercus alba are of three distinct types: uniseriate rays, thin, ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Quercus alba, pedunculata and tinctoria (keep their Quercus macrocarpa (corky
branches). Rhus typhina (scarlet fruit). ..."
3. Report (1905)
"Acer saccharinum.2 There is no underbrush and few herbs except grass. On the east
facing slope we find Quercus rubra, Quercus velutina, Quercus alba, ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1879)
"half ounce; of the solid alcoholic extract of quercus alba, about fourteen grains.
Triturate with the aid of gentle heat for a long time in a mortar until ..."
5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1906)
"The following species were observed: TREES—Quercus alba L., Fagus Americana Sweet,
FIG. 44. Scene near highest summit of Bald Knob, showing sparcity of ..."
6. The Secrets of Specialists by Alfred Dale Covey (1905)
"He prefers for a child up to nine years of age, fluid extract quercus-alba boiled
down in a test tube to one-half, of which two to ten minims are injected. ..."
7. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1906)
"The following species were observed: TREES—Quercus alba L., Fagus Americana Sweet,
FIG. 44. Scene near highest summit of Bald Knob, showing sparcity of ..."
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