corky

2 definitions • 4 examples

like cork (= the light, soft outer covering of a Mediterranean tree):

These pumpkins tend to have hard, corky stems.

I removed the corky skin with a vegetable peeler.

Wine is described as corky if its taste has been spoiled by the cork:

I sent back the wine because it was corky.

We drank a rather corky but nevertheless impressive claret.