Definition of Quercus. Meaning of Quercus. Synonyms of Quercus

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Definition of Quercus

Quercus
Quercite Quer"cite, n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C6H7(OH)5, found in acorns, the fruit of the oak (Quercus). It has a sweet taste, and is regarded as a pentacid alcohol.
Quercus
Quercitrin Quer"cit*rin, n. [Cf. F. quercitrin. See Quercitron.] (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak (Quercus) as a bitter citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a pigment and called quercitron.
Quercus
Quercus Quer"cus, n. [L., an oak.] (Bot.) A genus of trees constituted by the oak. See Oak.

Meaning of Quercus from wikipedia

- of Quercus alba containing the staminate or 'male' flowers New leaves and reddish pistillate or 'female' flowers of Quercus robur The genus Quercus is...
- Quercus subgenus Quercus is one of the two subgenera into which the genus Quercus was divided in a 2017 classification (the other being subgenus Cerris)...
- to the midrib). The acorn cups are also very different. Quercus robur (from the Latin quercus, "oak" + robur derived from a word meaning robust, strong)...
- Quercus macrocarpa, the bur oak or burr oak, is a species of oak tree native to eastern North America. It is in the white oak section, Quercus sect. Quercus...
- Quercus alba Quercus aliena Quercus bicolor Quercus borealis (rubra) Quercus borealis var. maxima (rubra) Quercus cerris Quercus coccinea Quercus dentata...
- sections. Traditionally, the genus Quercus was divided into the two subgenera Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks, and Quercus, which included all the other...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quercus alba. Wikispecies has information related to Quercus alba. "Quercus alba L.". World Checklist of Selected...
- Quercus rubra, the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (Quercus section Lobatae). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and...
- metres (130 feet) tall, in the white oak section of the genus (Quercus sect. Quercus) and similar to the pedunculate oak (Q. robur), with which it overlaps...
- Quercus muehlenbergii, the chinquapin (or ****apin) oak, is a deciduous species of tree in the white oak group (Quercus sect. Quercus). The species was...