roble

Plural: robles

Noun

• 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
• tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
• California white oak (Quercus lobata).
• Nothofagus obliqua (syn. Lophozonia obliqua); noble beech.
• pl. -S an oak tree

Synonyms

California white oak, Platymiscium trinitatis, Quercus lobata, valley oak, valley white oak