cork

material derived from the cork oak
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cork

Summary

cork ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (545 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cork is a type of bark[2].
  • cork is a type of plant tissue[3].
  • cork is used for bung[4].
  • cork's Commons category is recorded as Cork (material)[5].
  • cork's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cork (material)[6].
  • cork's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7].
  • cork's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • cork's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • cork's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[10].
  • cork's natural product of taxon is recorded as Q156137[11].
  • cork's natural product of taxon is recorded as Q481711[12].
  • cork's different from is recorded as Korek[13].
  • cork's different from is recorded as Cortiza[14].
  • cork's MCN code is recorded as 4501.10.00[15].
  • cork's recycling code is recorded as 51[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include bark[2] and plant tissue[3].

Use and Application

cork is used for bung[4].

Why It Matters

cork ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (545 views/month).[1] cork has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] cork is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Korek, Cortiza
    Subclass of
    Natural product of taxon Q156137, Q481711
    Has use bung
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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