Lexic.us

Definition of Roble

1. Noun. Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens.

2. Noun. Tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns.

Definition of Roble

1. n. The California white oak (Quercus lobata).

Definition of Roble

1. an oak tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roble

robin robin's-egg blue robin's plantain robin redbreast robin redbreasts robinet robing robings robinia robinias

robins robinsonade robinsonades robinsonite robiola roble (current term) roble beech robles robo- robocall

robocalls robofish robofishes roboid roboids robolo roborant roborants roborate roboration

Literary usage of Roble

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

1. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"The roble chimneys also fell, but without hitting anybody. ... The original Museum, being like roble of reinforced concrete, had also escaped serious injury ..."

2. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"Of still more colossal size than the roble. Wood fissile, but well adapted for staves; it is finer in grain than that of F. obliqua, and much used for ..."

3. A Geognostical Essay on the Superposition of Rocks in Both Hemispheres by Alexander von Humboldt (1823)
"Alto del roble, north-west of Santa Fe de Bogota). We know no other secondary rock below the sandstone of New Grenada. It contains caverns (Fa- ..."

Other Resources: