QUERCUS SUBER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cork oak; Quercus suber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Quercus suber" is a kind of...):

oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)

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