American white oak vs white oak

white oak vs American white oak

American white oak and white oak both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
American white oak	Yes	No	No	No
white oak	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, white oak is a hypernym of American white oak; that is, white oak is a word with a broader meaning than American white oak:

American white oak: large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood
white oak: any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf

American white oak (noun)	white oak (noun)
large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood	any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf

Difference between American white oak and white oak

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