roble

American  

[roh-bley] / ˈroʊ bleɪ /

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.

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roble British  

/ ˈrəʊbleɪ /

noun

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

2. any of several similar or related trees

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Etymology

Origin of roble

1860–65; < Spanish, Portuguese ≪ Latin rōbur oak tree

Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg