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Oak

An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup.

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Oak

Nodes299
Edges298
Triples307
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006689
Components1

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related to Further reading · 46
Oak → An Oak Tree, Angela, Arthur, Aura, Byfield, Chatham, Civilization, Collins Book Bus, Collins Educational, Dąb, Europe, Field, Heinemann, Heinemann Library, Hove, ISBN, Karczewski, Life Cycle, Livestock, Liz
related to Symbols · 30
Oak → Arrangements, Bulgaria, Conservative Party, Croatia, Cyprus, Derry, Deutsche Mark, Doire, Estonia, France, German, Germany, Ireland, Irish, It, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Northern Ireland
related to Distribution · 25
Oak → Americas, Asia, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Europe, In, It, Lobatae, Mesoamerica, Mexico, North Africa, North America, Northern Hemisphere, Notholithocarpus, Nova Scotia, Panama, Ponticae, Protobalanus
related to Diseases and pests · 22
Oak → Agrilus, Another, Britain, California, Erysiphe, Europe, For, In California, In Europe, It, Japan, Japanese, Neuroterus, Oaks, Oregon, Phytophthora, Raffaelea, Several, Thaumetopoea, The
related to history · 20
Oak → And, Andrew Marvell, Basque Country, Britain, Charter Oak, Civic Crown, Cromwell's, Crowned, Guernica, How, In, John Everett Millais, Roman Republic, Royal Oak, Royalist, Several, The Garden, The Proscribed Royalist, To, United States
related to Religion · 20
Oak → Baltic, Celtic, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Dodona, Epirus, Greeks, In Celtic, In Greek, In Norse, In Zeus's, Indo-European, Mortals, Perkūnas, Proto-Indo-European, Serbian Orthodox Church, The, Thor, Veneration, Zeus
related to Conservation · 17
Oak → An, Andes, Asia, Central America, China, European, Himalayan, However, In, India, Leading, Mexico, Over, The, There, US, Vietnam
related to Culinary · 14
Oak → Acorns, American, Asia, Barrels, Europe, French, Given, In Korea, Middle East, North Africa, North America, Quercus, Scotch, The
related to External links · 13
Oak → China, CyclobalanopsisOak, Encyclopædia Britannica, Europaea, Flora, FloridaOaks, Global Survey, Global Trees Campaign The, Oaks, QuercusCommon Oaks, Red List, Threatened Quercus, Vol
related to Ecology · 11
Oak → Ericaceae, Mature, Mediterranean, Oaks, Piedmont, Périgord, Ramaria, Several, Similarly, They, This

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quercus species oaks sect acorns leaves trees many cerris genus north used tree acorn cyclobalanopsis europe asia ilex america robur

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Oakis ahardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family0.90text
Oakis awidely used symbol of strength and endurance0.90text
Oakis atree sacred to Zeus0.90text
the oak appleinstance ofroundish woody lumps0.80text
sherryinstance ofthese are used for aging alcoholic beverages0.80text
whiskyinstance ofthese are used for aging alcoholic beverages0.80text
giving them a range of flavoursinstance ofthese are used for aging alcoholic beverages0.80text
coloursinstance ofthese are used for aging alcoholic beverages0.80text
and aromasinstance ofthese are used for aging alcoholic beverages0.80text
Actoninstance ofseen in placenames0.80text
from acinstance ofseen in placenames0.80text
Notholithocarpus.In the Old Worldinstance ofalong with related genera0.80text

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