quercine
/ˈkwəːsʌɪn/ /ˈkwəːsɪn/adjective
Of, relating to, or resembling oak or oak trees; consisting of oaks. Formerly also: †made of oak, oaken (obsolete ).
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From post-classical Latin quercinus oaken, made of oak from classical Latin quercus oak + -inus. Compare earlier quernal.
- black beetle
- black-bellied
- black-bellied plover
- black belt
- black bent
- Black Beret
- blackberry
- blackberry summer
- BlackBerry thumb
- blackberry winter
- black betty
- black bile
- black bill
- black-billed
- black-billed cuckoo
- black bindweed
- blackbird
- blackbirder
- blackbirding
- black blizzard
- black-blooded
- blackboard
- blackboard jungle
- black body
- black-body radiation