genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins

chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus

a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves

oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan

a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry

chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus

a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves

oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan

a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry