'Quercus Suber' definitions:

Definition of 'Quercus suber'

From: WordNet
noun
Medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork [syn: cork oak, Quercus suber]

Definition of 'Quercus Suber'

From: GCIDE
  • Cork \Cork\ (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. Cortex.]
  • 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. [1913 Webster]
  • Cork jackets, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming.
  • Cork tree (Bot.), the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Quercus Suber'

From: GCIDE
  • Cork \Cork\ (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. Cortex.]
  • 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. [1913 Webster]
  • Cork jackets, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming.
  • Cork tree (Bot.), the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce. [1913 Webster]