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Quercus n.
Latin quercus “oak,” from PIE *kwerkwu-, assimilated form of *perkwu- “oak” (see fir).
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“I suppose he is telling them that it is some kind of a ‘Quercus,'” said Agamemnon, thoughtfully.
Lucretia P Hale
Excrescences on Quercus infectoria caused by the puncture and deposited ova of Diplolepis Gall tinctori.
Arnold Cooley
With Druidism departed the forests of the ilex and the quercus from Aran.
Oliver J. Burke
The Oak (Quercus robur, &c.) is pre-eminently a British tree.
Juliana Horatia Ewing
The cork oak, Quercus suber, grows either singly among other trees or in groups, principally in the southern parts of the island.
Charles Bertram Black