cork oak

noun

: an oak (Quercus suber) of southern Europe and northern Africa that is the source of the cork of commerce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Semi-wild black pigs grow fat on a diet of acorns dropped by the forests of cork oaks across the southern Alentejo region. —

Paul Ames, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023 Youth groups such as this Mendocino County 4-H Club were a key audience for the cork oak planting campaigns. —

David A. Taylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2020 Cooke consulted with arborists to chart the climate zones across the U.S. where cork oak could grow and thrive. —

David A. Taylor, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2020 The founders began working with cork after realizing that the ecosystem wasn’t disturbed by harvesting the material from cork oak trees. —

Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2022 On a recent afternoon, Stephanie Carrie walked up to a cork oak tree on Potomac Avenue, a residential street in Mid-City, and put her hand up against the bark. —

Jacqueline Pinedo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Extracting the bark of a cork oak is an ancient practice of self-regeneration that enhances its ability to absorb carbon dioxide. —

Lauren Matison, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2021 Other options include cork produced from the regenerating bark of a cork oak tree and cellulose from recycled newsprint and paper. —

Miriam Porter, House Beautiful, 22 Apr. 2022 It's harvested from the bark layer of cork oak trees in Portugal every nine years. —

Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com, 22 Apr. 2022 See More

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