Hypernyms for "oak"
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American turkey oak
black oak
bluejack oak
box white oak
brash oak
California black oak
chestnut oak
Chinese cork oak
cork oak
European turkey oak
evergreen oak
fumed oak
holly-leaved oak
holm oak
holm tree
iron oak
jack oak
Japanese oak
laurel oak
live oak
northern pin oak
Nuttall oak
Nuttall''s oak
overcup oak
pin oak
possum oak
post oak
quercitron
quercitron oak
Quercus cerris
Quercus coccinea
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Quercus grosseserrata
Quercus ilex
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus incana
Quercus kelloggii
Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
Quercus lyrata
Quercus mongolica
Quercus nigra
Quercus nuttalli
Quercus palustris
Quercus phellos
Quercus stellata
Quercus suber
Quercus texana
Quercus variabilis
Quercus velutina
red oak
scarlet oak
scrub oak
shingle oak
Spanish oak
swamp oak
turkey oak
water oak
white oak
willow oak
yellow oak
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.