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Definition of Alectryon excelsum

Alectryon excelsum
Oak Oak ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) 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. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: Barren oak, or Black-jack, Q. nigra. Basket oak, Q. Michauxii. Black oak, Q. tinctoria; -- called also yellow or quercitron oak. Bur oak (see under Bur.), Q. macrocarpa; -- called also over-cup or mossy-cup oak. Chestnut oak, Q. Prinus and Q. densiflora. Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), Q. prinoides. Coast live oak, Q. agrifolia, of California; -- also called enceno. Live oak (see under Live), Q. virens, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, Q. Chrysolepis, of California. Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak. Post oak, Q. obtusifolia. Red oak, Q. rubra. Scarlet oak, Q. coccinea. Scrub oak, Q. ilicifolia, Q. undulata, etc. Shingle oak, Q. imbricaria. Spanish oak, Q. falcata. Swamp Spanish oak, or Pin oak, Q. palustris. Swamp white oak, Q. bicolor. Water oak, Q. aguatica. Water white oak, Q. lyrata. Willow oak, Q. Phellos. Among the true oaks in Europe are: Bitter oak, or Turkey oak, Q. Cerris (see Cerris). Cork oak, Q. Suber. English white oak, Q. Robur. Evergreen oak, Holly oak, or Holm oak, Q. Ilex. Kermes oak, Q. coccifera. Nutgall oak, Q. infectoria. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus Quercus, are: African oak, a valuable timber tree (Oldfieldia Africana). Australian, or She, oak, any tree of the genus Casuarina (see Casuarina). Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak). Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem. New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree (Alectryon excelsum). Poison oak, the poison ivy. See under Poison.

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- Australia Alectryon tropicus (S.T.Reynolds) S.T.Reynolds – NT, Qld, Australia Gaertner, Joseph (1788). "CCLXIV. Alectryon; Alectryon excelsum". De Fructibus...
- Amelia Greenwood Aristotelia racemosa by Harriet Amelia Greenwood Alectryon excelsum by Harriet Amelia Greenwood Clematis indivisa by Harriet Amelia Greenwood...
- Kaikōmako Pennantia corymbosa Kaka beak Clianthus puniceus Kawakawa Macropiper excelsum Kanuka Geothermal kanuka Kunzea ericoides var. microflora Great Barrier...
- Albizia retusa Albizia sp. (Windsor Tableland B.Gray 2181) Alectryon semicinereus Alectryon tropicus Allocasuarina filidens Allocasuarina rupicola Alloxylon...
- the Almorah Rock Forest include; Mangeao (Litsea Calicaris), Tītoki (Alectryon excelsus), Pūriri (Vitex Lucens), Kohe Kohe (Dysoxylum spectabile) and...
- Delonix pumila Delonix velutina Derris polyantha Desmodium harmsii Dialium excelsum Dolichos reptans Dorycnium spectabile Ecuadendron acosta-solisianum Elephantorrhiza...
- subaequilaterum Talisia bullata Zollingeria borneensis Varieties Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis Alectryon macrococcus var. macrococcus Tribulus rajasthanensis...
- ("leather") leathery Pajahuello tick, Ornithodoros coriaceus; beach bird's eye, Alectryon coriaceus blue china vine, Holboellia coriacea; leatherback sea turtle...
- Airy Shaw Alectryon connatus (F.Muell.) Radlk. Alectryon diversifolius (F.Muell.) S.T.Reynolds Alectryon semicinereus (F.Muell.) Radlk. Alectryon subdentatus...
- Podonephelium gongrocarpum Podonephelium homei Podonephelium pachycaule Varieties Alectryon excelsus var. grandis, Three Kings titoki Kallstroemia adscendens Neoluederitzia...