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cork oak

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber, native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa, the bark of which is the source of cork.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Quercus suber

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: oak, oak tree

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شُبِر (šubir) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Arabic: فرشي (farši) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Arabic: فرنان (farnān) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Armenian: խցանակաղնի (xcʻanakaġni) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Armenian: սնկենի (snkeni) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Basque: artelatz — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Bulgarian: ко́рков дъб (kórkov dǎb) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Catalan: alzina surera — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Catalan: surera — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Chinese Mandarin: 栓皮槠 (shuānpízhū) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Czech: dub korkový — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Danish: korkeg — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Dutch: kurkeik — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Esperanto: korkokverko — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Finnish: korkkitammi — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • French: chêne-liège — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • French: liège — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Galician: sobreira — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Galician: corticeiro — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • German: Korkeiche — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Ancient Greek: φελλός (phellós) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Ancient Greek: ἴψος (ípsos) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Hungarian: paratölgy — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Icelandic: korkeik — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Ido: korkoquerko — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Ido: korko-querko — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Italian: sughero — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Latin: sūber — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Latvian: korķozols — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Lithuanian: kamštinis ąžuolas — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Polish: dąb korkowy — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Portuguese: sobreiro — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Portuguese: alcornoque — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Russian: про́бковый дуб (próbkovyj dub) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Serbo-Croatian: хра̑ст плу̑тња̄к — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Serbo-Croatian: hrȃst plȗtnjāk — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Slovak: dub korkový — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Slovene: hrást plútovec — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Spanish: alcornoque — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Spanish: sobrero (Salamanca) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Swedish: korkek — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Turkish: sezü — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Turkish: mantar meşesi — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Ottoman Turkish: سزو (sezü) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Ukrainian: ду́б ко́рковий (dúb kórkovyj) — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Volapük: koegakvärabim — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Walloon: tchinne-lidje — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber
  • Welsh: derwen gorc — a type of evergreen oak tree, Quercus suber