Definition of Quercus suber

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

Exact synonyms: Cork Oak
Generic synonyms: Oak, Oak Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Suber

Quercus montana
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus myrtifolia
Quercus nigra
Quercus nuttalli
Quercus palustris
Quercus petraea
Quercus phellos
Quercus prinoides
Quercus prinus
Quercus robur
Quercus rubra
Quercus sessiliflora
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus suber (current term)
Quercus texana
Quercus vaccinifolia
Quercus variabilis
Quercus velutina
Quercus virginiana
Quercus wislizenii
Quercus wizlizenii
Quervain
Querétaro
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Literary usage of Quercus suber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1890)
"RE, AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR Quercus suber. BY AO INGALLS. About five years ago my attention was directed to the bark of the Pseu- ..."

2. Cork: Its Origin and Industrial Uses by Gilbert Erwin Stecher (1914)
"... and Industrial Uses Quercus suber — "CORK" THE material of which this monograph treats has become of double interest because of its shrouded mystery, ..."

3. Cork: Its Origin and Industrial Uses by Gilbert Erwin Stecher (1914)
"... CORK: Its Origin and Industrial Uses Quercus suber — "CORK" THE material of which this monograph ..."

4. American Gardening (1890)
"... Quercus suber, has been planted, of recent years, in several of our states, with a view to the successful production of cork bark. ..."

5. Gardening in California, Landscape and Flower: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1914)
"Among the most desirable non-indigenous species are the English Oak (Quercus Robur), the Turkey Oak (Quercus Cerris), the Cork Oak (Quercus suber), ..."

6. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1847)
"My correspondent applied for alcornoque bark to a Spanish Druggist, who sold him as such the bark of Quercus suber. " I have obtained," writes my ..."

7. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"... planted in 1688 - » Quercus /Mex, evergreen oak - - Quercus suber, ... There were also," says Mr. Lysons, in 1793, " the Quercus suber, the Cytisus . ..."

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