white oak vs Oregon oak

Oregon oak vs white oak

white oak and Oregon oak both are nouns.

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

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

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
Oregon oak: small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark

Other hyponyms of white oak include American white oak, Quercus alba, Arizona white oak, Quercus arizonica, Quercus bicolor, swamp oak, swamp white oak, Garry oak, Oregon white oak, Quercus garryana, California white oak, Quercus lobata, roble, valley oak, valley white oak, bur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, Quercus macrocarpa, durmast, Quercus petraea, Quercus sessiliflora, common oak, English oak, pedunculate oak, Quercus robur.

white oak (noun)	Oregon oak (noun)
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	small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark

Difference between white oak and Oregon oak

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