Cork tree Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun 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.
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noun prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood
Erythrina vespertilio.
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Definitions
(Bot.) , the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce.
