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water oak

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter oak
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various hard oaks that grow near rivers or swamps, especially Quercus nigra, of the southern US.

Canadian usage; American usage

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

water oaks (plural)

Synonyms

possum oak quercus nigra

Questions

What does water oak mean?
Any of various hard oaks that grow near rivers or swamps, especially Quercus nigra, of the southern US.

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