cork oak

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsQuercus suber

   Broaderoak

Questions about cork oak

What does cork oak mean?

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

What is another word for cork oak?

Close synonyms include Quercus suber. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cork oak a common word?

cork oak is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.