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cork oak
[ kawrk ohk ]
noun
- an evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber, found especially in the western Mediterranean region: commercially significant as the source of cork.
cork oak
noun
- an evergreen Mediterranean oak tree, Quercus suber, with a porous outer bark from which cork is obtained Also calledcork tree
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cork oak1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
The horse halted under the cork-oak, but the man did not dismount.
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Other trees of southern France are the cork-oak and the Aleppo and maritime pines.
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The cork-oak covers considerable tracts, but is less attended to than in Spain.
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“This is about the only kind of a woods you can get through,” remarked Bob, his eyes on the numerous cork-oak trees.
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No serranos stood in the low doorways of the cabanas or hovered about the cork-oak tree in the center of the barrio.
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