alcornoque
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]alcornoque
- The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
Alternative forms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from Latin quernus (“relating to oak”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]alcornoque m (plural alcornoques)
- (botany) tree of the fagaceae family (Quercus suber) from which cork is extracted
- (Alentejo) old cork oak trunk
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from the Arabic article al- + quernus, variation of Latin quercus + Hispanic suffix -occus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alcornoque m (plural alcornoques)
- cork oak
- cork (bark of the cork oak)
- Synonym: corcho
- (slang) nincompoop
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alcornoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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