Definition of Cork Tree in English :

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Cork Tree meaning in English

Meaning of Cork Tree in English

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Cork Tree pronunciation in English

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Cork Tree

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Noun

1. cork tree, phellodendron amurense

deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark

2. cork tree, erythrina vespertilio

prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood

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Cork Tree

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noun
another name for cork oak

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Cork Tree

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n.
1. See cork oak.
2. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Phellodendron native to eastern Asia and cultivated as ornamentals, especially P. amurense, having deeply furrowed, thick, corky bark.

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