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cork oak

A Mediterranean evergreen oak tree (Quercus suber) having thick bark that is periodically stripped, yielding commercial cork. Also called cork tree.

cork oak

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an evergreen Mediterranean oak tree, Quercus suber, with a porous outer bark from which cork is obtained Also called cork tree

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Noun

cork oak - medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork

Quercus suber

oak tree, oak - a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"

Translations

cork oak n → quercia da sughero, sughera

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