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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Suber
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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