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white oak
noun
uk /ˌwaɪt ˈəʊk/ us /ˌwaɪt ˈoʊk/
[ C or U ]
a large oak tree with pale bark (= the outer covering), and rounded leaves that grows in eastern North America:
They made large-scale plantings of trees native to the area, such as white oak, sycamore, and American beech.
Missouri has 3 million acres of oaks in the white oak group.
About a fifth of the forest is white oaks and others with rounded leaves.
[ U ]
the hard pale wood of the white oak tree:
The benches are made of white oak.
The building boom has kept white oak prices high.
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