Usage of "Quercus suber"

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

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Examples for "cork oak"

Examples for "cork oak"

Bark is carefully stripped from cork oak trees in Portugal's central-south Alentejo region. 
 Reuters 

We built a house in a cork oak forest. 
 The Guardian 

The cork oak is one of the important trees. 
 A Journey Through France in War Time 

Environmentalists say cork oak forests are threatened by the rise in plastic stoppers and metal screw-tops. 
 Reuters 

Sardinia possesses a cork oak, which yields 13 to 14 per cent. 
 Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 

Uso de Quercus suber en inglés

It is fast growing and sustainable, harvested only once every nine years from the bark of the oak tree Quercus suber. 
 The Irish Times 

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

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Significados de Quercus suber en inglés