suber

See also: Suber

English

Etymology

From Latin sūber.

Noun

suber (uncountable)

1. (dated, technical) Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.
   • 1869, Louis Figuier, The Vegetable World, page 39:

     In many trees the suber is very slightly developed. But this is not the case with the Cork-oak (Quercus suber).

Derived terms

• suberic
• suberic acid
• suberin
• suberize, suberization
• suberose
• suberous

Anagrams

• rebus, erubs, Bures, Ubers, burse, resub, Ruebs, urbes, bures, rubes, Reubs, buers, Burse

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

suber m (uncountable)

1. suber

Further reading

• “suber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.