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Bark

Meanings and phrases

bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
  2. a noise resembling the bark of a dog
  3. a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts; barque
  4. the sound made by a dog

bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
v.
  1. speak in an unfriendly tone
  2. cover with bark
  3. remove the bark of a tree; skin
  4. make barking sounds
  5. tan (a skin) with bark tannins

Cartagena bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark); Cinchona cordifolia; Cinchona lancifolia

Georgia bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever; fever tree; bitter-bark; Pinckneya pubens

Jesuit 's bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine; cinchona; cinchona bark; Peruvian bark

Peruvian bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine; cinchona; cinchona bark; Jesuit's bark

angostura bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters; angostura

bark beetle

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
E.g.
  • Other common names include the fruit tree bark beetle and apple tree beetle.
  • Other common names include the apple bark beetle and large fruit bark beetle.

bark louse

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. any of several insects living on the bark of plants; bark-louse

birch bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree; birchbark canoe; birchbark
E.g.
  • The soot deposited on a pot hung over a fire of birch bark was used for colour.
  • They are in the Sharada and Devanagari scripts, written on birch bark and paper.
  • The first birch bark letter was found on July 26, 1951 by Nina Fedorovna Akulova.

cabbage bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic; cabbage-bark tree; cabbage tree; Andira inermis

canella bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic; canella; white cinnamon

cascarilla bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense; eleuthera bark; sweetwood bark

cassia bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark; Chinese cinnamon

chittam bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative; cascara; cascara sagrada; chittem bark

chittem bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative; cascara; cascara sagrada; chittam bark

cinchona bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine; cinchona; Peruvian bark; Jesuit's bark

cinnamon bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. aromatic bark used as a spice; cinnamon
  2. aromatic bark of Saigon cinnamon used medicinally as a carminative

dita bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally; dita; devil tree; Alstonia scholaris

eleuthera bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense; cascarilla bark; sweetwood bark

smooth bark kauri

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer; dundathu pine; queensland kauri; Agathis robusta

spruce bark beetle

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree; Dendroctonus rufipennis

sweetwood bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense; cascarilla bark; eleuthera bark

tapa bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus; tapa; tappa; tappa bark

tappa bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus; tapa; tapa bark; tappa

winter 's bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties
  2. South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood; winter's bark tree; Drimys winteri

winter 's bark family

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae; Winteraceae; family Winteraceae

winter 's bark tree

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood; winter's bark; Drimys winteri

smooth bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The smooth bark is a mottled gray color.
  • It is known as "Nude Lady of the Forest" for its soft and smooth bark resembling the "thigh of woman."
  • It has rough bark near the base of the trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and hemispherical fruit.

tree bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • In the winter, they mainly eat conifer needles and tree bark.
  • Other common names include the fruit tree bark beetle and apple tree beetle.
  • They were forced to survive on grass and tree bark, without any way to eat boiled food.

grey bark

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The branches are covered by a smooth, grey bark.
  • It has a rounded crown with spreading branches with smooth, grey bark.
  • It has dark grey bark and is marked by shallow tessellation and deeper fissures.

bark beetles

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Ipini Ipini is a tribe of bark beetles.
  • Sap is one of the first line of defense of pines against bark beetles.
  • Sosylus Sosylus is a genus of dry bark beetles in the family Bothrideridae.

bark or leaves

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves.
  • Their soft plumage is cryptically colored to resemble bark or leaves.
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