Medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork.
1It is fast growing and sustainable, harvested only once every nine years from the bark of the oak tree Quercus suber.
2And did you know that the Quercus suber or cork oak, the one you see in southern France, Spain and elsewhere, grows in Ireland?
Translations for Quercus suber