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Quercus macrocarpa

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Noun1.Quercus macrocarpa - medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cupsQuercus macrocarpa - medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
bur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak
white oak - any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf
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The National Register of Big Trees 2008 by Dawley, Margo; Phillips, Janelle / American Forests
The oaks, particularly Shumard's and Quercus macrocarpa (bur oak), accounted for more than 80% of the basal area, but American elm accounted for 55% of the dead-standing individuals.
Woody vegetation survey of beall woods nature preserve, Wabash ... by Ebinger, John E. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Other prominent white oaks include Quercus prinus, the shallow lobed chestnut; Quercus muehlenbergii, or chinkapin oak; Quercus michauxii, also called swamp chestnut; Quercus bicolor or swampwhite; and Quercus macrocarpa, the burr oak.
Oaks loom in designs, folklore and symbolism by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products
 
 
 
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