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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A western Mediterranean evergreen oak tree (Quercus suber) having thick bark. Commercial cork is produced by periodically stripping the bark from these trees.

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  • noun A type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber, native to southeast Europe and northwest Africa.

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

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