Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cork tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: cork tree
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cork oak (Quercus subor)

noun

Any member of the species of genus Phellodendron, including any Amur cork tree.

noun

A prickly Australian coral tree (Erythrina vespertilis) with soft spongy wood.

noun

A portia tree (Thespesia populnea).

Example Sentences

"He was going home one night from one of these festive occasions, being under engagement for another in the morning, and [...] contrived to lose his way. After trying in vain to find it, he wrapped his cloak about him, and lay down for the night at the foot of a cork-tree."

Inflected Forms

cork trees (plural)

Synonyms

erythrina vespertilio phellodendron amurense

Questions

What does cork tree mean?: A cork oak (Quercus subor)

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