cork tree

/kɔrk tri/

Other forms: cork trees

Definitions of cork tree

1. noun

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

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2. noun

   prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood
   synonyms: Erythrina vespertilio

   type of:

   coral tree, erythrina

   any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental