roble

Any of several oak trees, especially Quercus lobata of California, which has deeply lobed leaves and slender pointed acorns.

Any of several trees having hard durable wood similar to oak, especially the tropical American species Tabebuia rosea.

In California, one of the white oaks, Quercus lobata, also called weeping oak. It is a majestic tree with very widely spreading branches; its wood is of little value except for fuel.

In the West Indies, Platymiscium platystachyum and Catalpa longisiliqua, trees yielding ship-timber.

In Chili, a species of beech, Fagus obliqua, which affords a durable hard-wood building-material.

The California white oak (Quercus lobata).

tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns

large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens