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durmast oak

durmast oak noun: a tree, Quercus petraea, the sessile oak.

Noun

durmast oak (countable and uncountable, plural durmast oaks)

  1. A tree, Quercus petraea, the sessile oak.
  2. Wood of the tree.

Forms of durmast oak

pluraldurmast oaks

Origin of durmast oak

Superficially a compound of durmast + oak, but the origin of durmast is unclear and possibly a result of scribal error. The first edition Oxford English Dictionary suggests that Thomas Martyn's dictionary for gardeners and botanists (1798) originated the word through misreading dun mast ("light-brown acorn"), an interpretation also suggested by some earlier works going back to at least 1836, although a connection to Welsh derw (“oaks”) has also been suggested.

Questions about durmast oak

What does durmast oak mean?
Durmast oak means a tree, Quercus petraea, the sessile oak.
What part of speech is durmast oak?
Durmast oak is a noun.
What is the plural of durmast oak?
The plural of durmast oak is durmast oaks.

Words near durmast oak in the dictionary

  1. Durlands
  2. Durling
  3. Durlings
  4. durlobactam
  5. durmast
  6. durmast oak
  7. durmast oaks
  8. durmasts
  9. Durmitor
  10. durn
  11. durn tootin'

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