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water oaks

water oaks is the plural of water oak.

Meaning of water oak

Noun

water oak (plural water oaks)

  1. (Canada, US) Any of various hard oaks that grow near rivers or swamps, especially Quercus nigra, of the southern US.
    • Some young people were out under the wateroaks playing croquet. Mr. Pontellier's two children were there—sturdy little fellows of four and five.1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Questions about water oaks

What is water oaks the plural of?
Water oaks is the plural of water oak.

Words near water oaks in the dictionary

  1. water net
  2. water nets
  3. water nymph
  4. water nymphs
  5. water oak
  6. water oaks
  7. water of crystallisation
  8. water of crystallization
  9. water of hydration
  10. water of life
  11. water off a duck

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