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The dead cells forming the bark of some trees, especially the cork oak, is the raw material traditionally used to make cork stoppers for wine bottles. The adjective "corky" or "corked" refers to very unpleasant smells and flavours owing to the contamination of the wine with substances from the cork stopper (normally resulting from certain fungi which have contaminated the cork). The French word bouchonné is also often used.
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