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Nearby words
corium, corixid, corizza, cork, cork cambium, cork oak, cork tree, cork-tipped, corkage, corkboard, corked
Origin of cork oak
First recorded in 1870–75
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cork oak
noun
an evergreen Mediterranean oak tree, Quercus suber, with a porous outer bark from which cork is obtainedAlso called: cork tree
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