suber

How to use suber in a sentence

• When the tree is some five years old, its whole energy is directed toward the increase of the suber.

  Among the Trees at Elmridge | Ella Rodman Church

• But such a thing is rarely allowed to happen: the suber is of too much value to man.

  Among the Trees at Elmridge | Ella Rodman Church

• In one species of oak this layer--which is called the suber--assumes a peculiar character and is of remarkable thickness.

  Among the Trees at Elmridge | Ella Rodman Church

• That the suber of the Romans was our cork-tree, is generally and with justice admitted.

  A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume I (of 2) | Johann Beckman

• This name is as much of a mystery as the word “suber” and its origin can only be guesswork.

  Cork: Its Origin and Industrial Uses | Gilbert E. Stecher