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🌳 A cork oak 🛡️ Protective plant tissue 🍾 Cork material
suber

suber

9.9
A Mediterranean evergreen oak tree with very thick bark people remove to make cork
  • noun
  • /ˈsuːbər/
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  • A single mature suber can provide cork every nine years without harming the tree.

Examples

  • Farmers in Portugal have cultivated suber for centuries to support the cork industry.

  • Many animals find shelter in the suber trees.

  • The suber is valued for its bark, which is carefully stripped to make cork products.

  • The suber tree is known for its thick bark.

  • The suber tree, known for its thick bark, is essential for cork production.

  • Workers carefully peel the suber from the oak trees in the Mediterranean.

  • The bark of the suber is harvested every nine years to produce high-quality cork.

Synonyms

Quercus suber
vssuber
  • Specialized
9.9

An evergreen oak tree with thick bark that people harvest to make cork

is the same tree but named in everyday or regional language
cork oak
vssuber
7.7

An evergreen oak tree with thick bark used to make cork

is the same tree but uses a more formal scientific label

Compounds

Quercus suber
  • Specialized
9.9

An evergreen oak tree with thick bark that people harvest to make cork

Surface Forms

suber singular
subers plural

Etymology

Suber comes from the Latin word suber, which means 'cork' and was the name for the cork oak tree. So a suber is the Mediterranean oak valued for its thick bark that people strip to make cork products.