cork tree

[ kawrk tree ]

noun

1. cork oak ( def ).
2. any of several Asian citrus trees of the genus Phellodendron, a number of which have a corky bark.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cork tree¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English

Example Sentences

It was lying with his cartouche-box right away by the stunted oak, as he mentally called the cork-tree.

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Some of us sought for him nearly two days, and at last found him lying in the hollow of a large cork-tree.

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My usual abode is in the hollow of a cork-tree, large enough to enclose this wretched body.

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At length Sancho fell asleep at the foot of a cork-tree, while Don Quixote slumbered beneath a branching oak.

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The mahogany and cork tree grow here, and the bark of the latter is largely used by the natives.

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