cork oak

Historical Examples of cork oak

• The whole region of Les Maures is dominated by the chne-lige, or the cork-oak.

  Rambles on the Riviera

  Francis Miltoun

• The horse halted under the cork-oak, but the man did not dismount.

  The Wolf Cub

  Patrick Casey

• Common cork is the thick corky layer of the bark of the Cork-Oak of Spain.

  The Elements of Botany

  Asa Gray

• And Jacques Ferou carried all the weapons to the pile beneath the cork-oak tree.

  The Wolf Cub

  Patrick Casey

• I am making a collection of vines for wine, and for the table; also of some trees, such as the cork-oak, &c. &c.

  Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson

  Thomas Jefferson