cork tree

[kawrk tree]

noun

1. cork oak.

2. any of several Asian citrus trees of the genus Phellodendron, a number of which have a corky bark.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cork tree¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English

Example Sentences

Environmentalists warn that development projects threaten the region's unique mix of dunes, pine forests, gnarled cork trees and an endless patchwork of rice fields.

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The material is generated by harvesting the bark from cork trees.

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Conservation technician Drew Goebel at Cincinnati City Parks said one example is the cemetery's beautiful Amur cork tree, a state-record tree.

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Some researchers theorize that death caps immigrated in the soil of a cork tree transported from Europe to California to make corks for a then burgeoning wine industry.

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From a distance, amid gnarled cork trees and a few low-slung farmhouses, its form evokes a massive open gray cardboard box.

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