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tanoak

tanoak noun: notholithocarpus densiflorus, an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the western United States, whose seeds resemble the acorns of an oak.

Noun

tanoak (plural tanoaks)

  1. Notholithocarpus densiflorus, an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the western United States, whose seeds resemble the acorns of an oak.

Forms of tanoak

pluraltanoaks

Origin of tanoak

From tan + oak.

Questions about tanoak

What does tanoak mean?
Tanoak means notholithocarpus densiflorus, an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the western United States, whose seeds resemble the acorns of an oak.
What part of speech is tanoak?
Tanoak is a noun.
What is the plural of tanoak?
The plural of tanoak is tanoaks.

Words near tanoak in the dictionary

  1. Tannu-Tuva
  2. tannur
  3. tannurs
  4. Tano
  5. tanoa
  6. tanoak
  7. tanoaks
  8. Tanoan
  9. tanoas
  10. tanod
  11. tanods

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