Quercus

See also: quercus

Translingual

Quercus cerris

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *pérkus

Proto-Italic *kʷerkʷus

Latin quercusbor.

Translingual Quercus

Borrowed from Latin quercus (“oak”).

Proper noun

Quercus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fagaceae – about 500 species of oak trees, native to the Northern Hemisphers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fagales – order; Fagaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Quercus subg. Quercus, Quercus subg. Cerris – subgenera
  • Quercus sect. Quercus, Quercus sect. Ponticae, Quercus sect. Protobalanus, Quercus sect. Lobatae, Quercus sect. Viventes – sections in subg. Quercus; Quercus sect. Cerris, Quercus sect. Ilex, Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis – sections in subg. Cerris
    • Quercus robur (English oak) – type species; Quercus alba (white oak), Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), Quercus cerris (Turkey oak), Quercus coccifera (kermes oak), Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak), Quercus faginea (Portuguese oak), Quercus frainetto (Hungarian oak, Italian oak), Quercus ilex (holm oak), Quercus petraea (durmast oak, sessile oak), Quercus palustris (pin oak), Quercus rubra (northern red oak), Quercus suber (cork oak), Quercus trojana (Macedonian oak) – selected species. For more see List of Quercus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• quercetin
• quercin
• quercitol
• quercitrin

References

• Quercus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Quercus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Quercus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Quercus at Plants of the World Online
• Quercus at USDA Plants database