oak Copy link Outline 1. quercus, ūs, f. (generic term)2. aescŭlus (the tallest species; winter or Italian oak, with edible acorns)3. īlex, ĭcis, f. (of two kinds, prob. kermes and holm oak)4. rōbur, ŏris, n. (usu. denoting the timber of the oak; but also, a particular, hard-wooded species, and poet. = quercus)5. cerrus • oak: 1. quercus, ūs, f. (generic term): Cic.: Virg.: Ov.: pass. 2. aescŭlus (the tallest species; winter or Italian oak, with edible acorns): Virg. G. 2, 290. 3. īlex, ĭcis, f. (of two kinds, prob. kermes and holm oak): Virg.: Plin.: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. 4. rōbur, ŏris, n. (usu. denoting the timber of the oak; but also, a particular, hard-wooded species, and poet. = quercus): ships built of o. throughout, naves totae factae ex r., Caes. B. G. 3, 13: Cic.: Virg.: concerning the different species of o., v. Plin. 16, 6, 8, sqq.: Ov. 5. cerrus: Plin. l. c.: Col. (Quercus cerrus, the Turkey oak, Linn.).