cork-tree

noun

the cork oak, Quercus suber, of the beech family.

any of several Asian citrus trees of the genus Phellodendron, having a corky bark.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English

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cork tree
noun
1.	deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark
2.	prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood

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