oak tree vs scrub oak

scrub oak vs oak tree

oak tree and scrub oak both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
oak tree	Yes	No	No	No
scrub oak	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scrub oak is a hyponym of oak tree; that is, scrub oak is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than oak tree:

oak tree: a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
scrub oak: any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets

Other hyponyms of oak tree include live oak, white oak, European turkey oak, Quercus cerris, turkey oak, Quercus coccinea, scarlet oak, jack oak, northern pin oak, Quercus ellipsoidalis, red oak, evergreen oak, holly-leaved oak, holm oak, holm tree, Quercus ilex, laurel oak, Quercus imbricaria, shingle oak, bluejack oak, Quercus incana, turkey oak, California black oak, Quercus kelloggii, American turkey oak, Quercus laevis, turkey oak, laurel oak, pin oak, Quercus laurifolia, overcup oak, Quercus lyrata, Japanese oak, Quercus grosseserrata, Quercus mongolica, chestnut oak, possum oak, Quercus nigra, water oak, Nuttall's oak, Nuttall oak, Quercus nuttalli, pin oak, Quercus palustris, swamp oak, Quercus phellos, willow oak, box white oak, brash oak, iron oak, post oak, Quercus stellata, cork oak, Quercus suber, Quercus texana, Spanish oak, Chinese cork oak, Quercus variabilis, black oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina, yellow oak.

oak tree (noun)	scrub oak (noun)
a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves	any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets

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