cork cortex

cork cortex
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  • Cork — (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. {Cortex}.] 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cork jackets — Cork Cork (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. {Cortex}.] 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cork tree — Cork Cork (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. {Cortex}.] 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cork — c.1300, from Sp. alcorque cork sole, probably via Arabic and ultimately from L. quercus oak (see FIR (Cf. fir)) or perhaps cortex (gen. corticis) bark. The verb is recorded from 1570s, originally to put a cork sole on a shoe; meaning to stop with …   Etymology dictionary

  • cork cambium — n. Bot. a layer of formative cells between the cork and the cortex, from which the cork is formed …   English World dictionary

  • Cortex — Cor tex (k[^o]r t[e^]ks), n.; pl. {Cortices} ( t? s?z). [L., bark. Cf. {Cork}.] 1. Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark. [1913 Webster] 3. (Anat.) The outer or superficial… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cork — [14] The earliest ascertainable ancestor of cork is Spanish alcorque ‘cork sole’, which passed into English via Dutch kork. The initial al , of course, suggests that this was of Arabic origin (al being the Arabic definite article), and it seems… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • cork — [14] The earliest ascertainable ancestor of cork is Spanish alcorque ‘cork sole’, which passed into English via Dutch kork. The initial al , of course, suggests that this was of Arabic origin (al being the Arabic definite article), and it seems… …   Word origins

  • cork — cork1 [ko:k US ko:rk] n ↑corkscrew [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from Arabic qurq, from Latin cortex; CORTEX] 1.) [U] the ↑bark (=outer part) of a tree from southern Europe and North Africa, used to make things ▪ a cork bulletin board 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cork — Synonyms and related words: Carling float, air, asphyxiate, balsa, balsa raft, bar, bark, bedarken, besmirch, bind, black, blacken, blackwash, block, block up, blockade, blot, blotch, bob, bonnet, boom, bottle up, box up, bubble, bung, buoy, cage …   Moby Thesaurus

  • cortex — Synonyms and related words: armature, armor, armor plate, bark, body armor, border, buckler, bulletproof vest, chain armor, chain mail, chitin, circumference, coat of mail, cork, covering, crust, elytron, envelope, epicarp, epidermis, episperm,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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