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Lithocarpus

noun

tanbark oaks

• Syn: ↑genus Lithocarpus

• Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Fagaceae, ↑family Fagaceae, ↑beech family

• Member Meronyms: ↑tanbark oak, ↑Lithocarpus densiflorus

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\\ˌlithəˈkärpəs, -kȧp-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from lith- + -carpus

: a large genus of chiefly Asiatic evergreen trees (family Fagaceae) differing from Quercus mainly in the erect staminate catkins — see oak, tanbark oak

Useful english dictionary. 2012.