A type of cork oak tree native to Spain and Portugal; a variant name for the tree that produces cork.
From Spanish 'alcornoque,' derived from Arabic 'al-qurunuq.' The term traveled through Iberian languages after Islamic rule, named for the tree's cork-producing capabilities.
The cork oak has so many regional names reflecting different languages and cultural histories that 'alcornoco' sounds almost like slang, but it's actually the Arabic-rooted Spanish name for this economically important Mediterranean tree.
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