oak
noun
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
oaklike
-
a word derived from
oak.
Example Sentences
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Creamy white cone-shaped flower clusters form on old wood and are set off by deep green, lobed oaklike foliage.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
Though Pynacker's tree has oaklike leaves, its sinuous trunk is not that of an oak of any kind.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2010
One of these, on Aug. 30 against Baltimore, was a true oddity: an inside pitch hit Thomas' oaklike arm and caromed 400 ft. into the left-field bleachers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Matthias is an oaklike man, successful, preeminent, proud.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a grass country of many low, rounded hills and dipping valleys, with fine isolated oaklike trees here and there in the depressions, and compact, beautiful oaklike groves thrown over the hills like blankets.
From African Camp Fires by Stewart Edward White
