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roble

DEFINITIONS OF: roble

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n tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns

Synonyms:
California white oak, Quercus lobata, valley oak, valley white oak
Type of:
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

n 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

Synonyms:
Platymiscium trinitatis
Type of:
quira
any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber
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