Meanings
plural cork trees
- A cork oak (Quercus subor)
He was going home one night from one of these festive occasions, being under engagement for another in the morning, and [...] contrived to lose his way. After trying in vain to find it, he wrapped his cloak about him, and lay down for the night at the foot of a cork-tree.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 461 - Any member of the species of genus Phellodendron, including any Amur cork tree.
- A prickly Australian coral tree (Erythrina vespertilis) with soft spongy wood.
- A portia tree (Thespesia populnea).
Synonyms & antonyms
noundeciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark
nounprickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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cork tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cork%20tree
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