CORK OAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cork oak mean? 

• CORK OAK (noun)
  The noun CORK OAK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CORK OAK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORK OAK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cork oak; Quercus suber

Hypernyms ("cork oak" is a kind of...):

oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)