cork tree

cork tree
    n 1: deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine
         aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn
         and deeply fissured corky bark [syn: {cork tree},
         {Phellodendron amurense}]
    2: prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood [syn:
       {cork tree}, {Erythrina vespertilio}]
    

Cork \Cork\ (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk;
   all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf.
   {Cortex}.]
   1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus
      Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made.
      See {Cutose}.
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   2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
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   3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in
      greater or less abundance.
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   Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker;
         calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or
         ox.
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   {Cork jackets}, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed
      within canvas, and used to aid in swimming.

   {Cork tree} (Bot.), the species of oak ({Quercus Suber} of
      Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of
      commerce.
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