The cork oak tree (Quercus suber) native to southwestern Europe, particularly Spain and Portugal, which produces cork bark.
Spanish and Portuguese term from Arabic 'al-qurunuq,' meaning cork oak. The word traveled from Arabic through Iberian languages as Islamic Spain's agricultural and botanical knowledge influenced European terminology.
Alcornoque is the scientific common name in Spanish for cork oak, and it's a perfect example of how the Middle East's botanical and agricultural knowledge spread to Europe through the Arabic language during medieval times.
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