noun
medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork
• Syn: ↑Quercus suber
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noun : an oak (Quercus suber) of southern Europe and northern Africa and especially abundant in Spain and Portugal, attaining a height of 40 feet and furnishing the cork of commerce which is cut off in large plates at intervals of from 12 to 15 years
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cork (def. 2).
[1870-75]
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cork oak noun
A S European species of oak (Quercus suber) from which cork is obtained for commercial use in Spain and Portugal
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Main Entry: ↑cork
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cork oak,
the oak tree, of the Mediterranean area, from which cork is obtained.
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n. an evergreen Mediterranean oak, the outer layer of the bark of which is the source of cork, which can be stripped without harming the tree. ● Quercus suber, family Fagaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.