corky's Usage Examples:

corky layer of the trunk.

corky bark that in itself is a talking point.

The corky layers which take so prominent a share in the formation of the bark are similarly modified and subserve the same purpose.

The potato tuber consists mainly of a mass of cells filled with starch and encircled by a thin corky rind.

This layer has its cells closely united and sealed to one another, so to speak, by the conversion of the radial and transverse walls (which separate each cell from the other cells of the layer), or of a band running in the centre of these, into corky substance (fig.

The bark is thick, light grey, and corky.

It is probable that the corky or suberized cells do not contain any cellulose (Gilson, Wisselingh); whilst cuticularized cells are only modified in their outer layers, cellulose inner layers being still recognizable.

The stem is Lsolid and corky, much more solid than the flesh of the cap, and perfectly smooth, never being furnished with the slightest trace of a ring.

The leaf scar is protected by a corky change (suberization) in the walls of the exposed cells.

Synonyms:

corked, bad,

Antonyms:

better, best, good,