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roble

[roh-bley]

noun

  1. a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.

  2. any of several other trees, especially of the oak and beech families.



roble

/ ˈrəʊbleɪ /

noun

  1. Also called: white oakan oak tree, Quercus lobata , of California, having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns

  2. any of several similar or related trees

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of roble1

1860–65; < Spanish, Portuguese ≪ Latin rōbur oak tree
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Word History and Origins

Origin of roble1

C19: from Spanish: from Latin rōbur oak, strength
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Example Sentences

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He absconds and leaves four robots adrift, but with aid from unhoused human “robles,” they reconfigure the joint as a ramen shop — until robophobes launch a campaign to shut them down.

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The wood of which they are made is the roble, or sometimes tiqui.

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Several glittering ponds, alive with all varieties of aquatic birds, reflected upon their limpid surface the broad-leaved crowns of the fan-palms, towering above verdant groves of laurel, amyris, and elm-like robles.

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And the house that our wares lie in costs from that day vntil Easter ten robles.

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