an evergreen Mediterranean oak tree, Quercus suber, with a porous outer bark from which cork is obtained
Also called: cork tree
Examples of 'cork oak' in a sentence
cork oak
I climbed into forests of convoluted cork oak.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The yurts are set in three hectares of land, a mixture of olive groves and cork oak trees that provide lovely shade.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Farming in the cork oak forests helps support a host of wildlife, including the lynx.
The Sun (2008)
Outside are several small terraces, a garden with mature olive and cork oak trees, and a private pool.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
On a lovely day, though, it's a different way to explore the stunning grounds, which include a cork oak tree.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I have seen all-oak woods, all-cedar, all-yew and all-monkey-puzzle woods; woods of cork oak and walnut, even 'woods' of commercially grown giant bamboo.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Even the fuel tanks of space shuttles are swaddled in panels made of cork oak bark.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In the south that might mean a new wood of rugged cork oaks.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Cork oaks blushed reddish orange where they'd been stripped of their bark.