English Explanatory Dictionary

Robur Carolinum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former constellation, between Crux and Carina, supposed to represent the oak where Charles II was said to have hidden from the troops of Oliver Cromwell after the Battle of Worcester.

Word forms

Robur Carolinum

Etymology

Latin, meaning "Charles' oak".

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