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genus Quercus

genus Quercus

8.3
A group of trees that includes all types of oaks
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛnəs ˈkwɜrkəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : género Quercus
  • The genus Quercus includes many species of oak trees.

Examples

  • Acorns are the fruit produced by trees in the genus Quercus.

  • The genus Quercus includes hundreds of species found across the Northern Hemisphere.

  • Researchers studied several rare members of the genus Quercus in the forest.

  • Did you know that the genus Quercus has over 600 species?

  • Acorns are the fruit produced by trees in the genus Quercus.

  • The genus Quercus includes hundreds of species found across the Northern Hemisphere.

  • Researchers studied several rare members of the genus Quercus in the forest.

Synonyms

Quercus
vsgenus Quercus
  • Specialized
1 8.8

A group of trees and shrubs that include oak trees

is the strict scientific group covering all oak species and leaf types

Surface Forms

genus Quercus singular
genera Quercus plural

Morphology

genus + Quercus

The meaning is directly compositional: 'genus' (a biological rank grouping species) combined with 'Quercus' (the proper name of the oak genus) yields 'the genus Quercus' meaning the group of oak species. This follows standard taxonomic naming conventions found cross-linguistically and is immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Genus Quercus comes from Latin. In Latin, Quercus was the word for 'oak' and genus means a 'group', so the name simply labels the group of oak trees and today 'means' the scientific name for all oak types.