noun

sūber

gen. sūbĕris · gender neuter · decl. 3rd

the cork-oak; cork-tree

the cork-oak, cork-tree: Quercus suber, Linn.; Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34; 16, 25, 41, § 98; Col. 4, 26, 1; 9, 6, 1; Verg. A. 7, 742.—

cork; a thick bark by extension •

Transf., cork: silvestre, Verg. A. 11, 554; cf.: ut ramale vetus vegrandi subere coctum, i. e. a thick bark, like that of the cork-tree, Pers. 1, 97.—The tree is called sūbĕrĭes, ēi, f., Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 294 Müll.; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 27.

Perseus ID: n45845 Key: suber