Suberosus
/soo-ber-OH-sus/🏷️ Taxonomy●●● Advanced
Also known as: suberosa, suberosum
A bark epithet describing a plant with a notably thick, spongy, corky outer bark — like the commercial cork oak. It is one of the most distinctive bark descriptors in botanical Latin and immediately signals an unusual, textured stem or trunk. Appears as suberosus (masculine), suberosa (feminine), or suberosum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin suber (cork oak, cork) + -osus (full of, characterized by).
Example
“Quercus suber (cork oak) is the commercial source of cork, and Ulmus minor 'Suberosa' (cork-barked elm) develops the dramatically ridged, corky wings on its twigs that earn this memorable epithet.”