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Meanings of quercus suber in English

Portuguese
sobreiro
Catalan
surera
Spanish
alcornoque

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

        sobreiro
        Synonyms
        Examples for "cork oak"
        Examples for "cork oak"
        1
        Bark is carefully stripped from cork oak trees in Portugal's central-south Alentejo region.
        Reuters
        2
        We built a house in a cork oak forest.
        The Guardian
        3
        The cork oak is one of the important trees.
        A Journey Through France in War Time
        4
        Environmentalists say cork oak forests are threatened by the rise in plastic stoppers and metal screw-tops.
        Reuters
        5
        Sardinia possesses a cork oak, which yields 13 to 14 per cent.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891
        Usage of quercus suber in English
        1
        It is fast growing and sustainable, harvested only once every nine years from the bark of the oak tree Quercus suber.
        The Irish Times
        2
        And did you know that the Quercus suber or cork oak, the one you see in southern France, Spain and elsewhere, grows in Ireland?
        The Irish Times
        Translations for quercus suber
        Portuguese
        sobreiro
        Spanish
        alcornoque