Standard Lemma guide

corkwood

noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R K W UH2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Annona glabra, a plant found in the West Indies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Commiphora angolensis or sand corkwood, a shrub species growing mainly in Angola and Namibia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Duboisia spp., found in Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Endiandra sieberi, a corkwood from Australia in the laurel family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Caldcluvia paniculosa, a soft barked corkwood from Australia in the coachwood family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Entelea arborescens, a species found in New Zealand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Erythrina vespertilio (grey corkwood), a species from Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Hakea suberea, a species found in Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Leitneria floridana, a species found in southeastern North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Melicope, a genus with species in Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Musanga cecropioides or African corkwood, a species found in Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

Sesbania grandiflora, a species found in southeast Asia and northern Australia, with edible flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agati, agust, katurai, vegetable hummingbird

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

The wood of Quercus suber (cork oak).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corkwood tree, Leitneria floridana

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

History

Etymology

From cork + wood.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Māori: houama — Entelea arborescens
  • Māori: whau — Entelea arborescens
  • Māori: whauama — Entelea arborescens