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Definition of Corkwood
1. Noun. Very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood.
Group relationships: Genus Leitneria, Leitneria
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Corkwood
1. n. The wood of the cork oak.
Definition of Corkwood
1. Noun. A small shrub of the south-eastern United States. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corkwood
1. a small tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corkwood
Literary usage of Corkwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Exhibition, 1876: Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"corkwood 600 6 Admistrative Council of Penalva, Penalva, ... corkwood and oak Kirk.
600 8 Administrative Council of ..."
2. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"64, also Smooth Willow, pg. 68, east to NB and Me. and little less southward. 2.
corkwood, pg. 97. 3. Black Cotton-wood, pg, 92. 4. Me.fii.an Walnut, pg. ..."
3. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"Cork obtained from the pith of so-called corkwood trees should be distinguished
from true cork, as the term is ordinarily used, which is derived from the ..."
4. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"Cork obtained from the pith of so-called corkwood trees should be distinguished
from true cork, as the term is ordinarily used, ..."
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