cork tree

Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to cork tree: cork oak

cork tree

2. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Phellodendron native to eastern Asia and cultivated as ornamentals, especially P. amurense, having deeply furrowed, thick, corky bark.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun	1.	cork tree - deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark Phellodendron amurense genus Phellodendron, Phellodendron - small genus of aromatic deciduous trees of east Asia often having thick corky bark tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	cork tree - prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood Erythrina vespertilio coral tree, erythrina - any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

Sancho likewise held his peace and ate acorns, and paid repeated visits to the second wine-skin, which they had hung up on a cork tree to keep the wine cool.

The mighty cork trees, unenforced save of their own courtesy, shed the broad light bark that served at first to roof the houses supported by rude stakes, a protection against the inclemency of heaven alone.

View in context

In a similar manner to that described in the Geological Transactions, the tubes are generally compressed, and have deep longitudinal furrows, so as closely to resemble a shrivelled vegetable stalk, or the bark of the elm or cork tree. Their circumference is about two inches, but in some fragments, which are cylindrical and without any furrows, it is as much as four inches.

View in context

The Company also has the Pilbara gold project and Cork Tree base metals project in Western Australia.

Kalamazoo Resources Limited - Appointment of Chief Executive Officer

ItAaAeAeAEs strange to hear the Ferdinand grew up with under a Spanish cork tree now have a SoCal surfer accent.

Serious issues meet comic adventures in 'Ferdinand'

FINS Gulf of Mexico octopus tentacles are braised over wood from the cork tree. Served with spinach, shallots and hibiscus-infused apples with a lemon-caper aioli ($15).

Six best places for octopus

Cork is naturally made from a cork tree and exhibits mechanical and acoustic properties that may be of interest for certain aerospace applications.

Mechanical properties of cork sandwich composites

FOB made waves with their major-label "From Under The Cork Tree" back in 2005.

'Fall Out Boy' and 'Paramore' team up for 'Monumentour': Favorite Songs Will be Performed, Hot Summer Concert Tour Coming Soon!

Washington, Mar 4 ( ANI ): The bark of the Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) has been held with high regard for centuries for its healing properties.

Ancient Chinese medicine being researched to help cure pancreatic cancer

While in fine voice, the Scots crowd's first mass jump around came with third song A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More Touch Me from second album From Under the Cork Tree. But while you'd expect a song to be received with rapture by the audience from a band who formed in 2001 and whose first album was released in 2003, the response to The Phoenix – the opening track of their comeback album Save Rock and Roll – was equally raucous and, as well as shouting the lyrics back, the crowd added a huge clapalong.

The Boys are back; Fall Out squeeze in a Glasgow gig between festival dates..and they're having a scream

So when I plant a new cork tree, it isn't for my children--it's for my grandchildren.

Staying power: Martin Symington takes in the beautiful surroundings of a traditional herdade in the Alejento region of southern Portugal and discovers why the rather old-fashioned cork industry has continued to thrive in the modern world

Full browser ?

CITE

Site: Follow: Share:

Open / Close