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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of a number of Australian eucalyptus trees with fibrous bark, or the wood or bark of such trees.

   "Two of the younger men carried him there on a stretcher of stringybark."

2. 2
   any of several Australian eucalypts having fibrous inner bark wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

woollybuttwoollybutt

Example

More examples

"Two of the younger men carried him there on a stretcher of stringybark."

Etymology

From stringy + bark.

Related phrases

Tindale's stringybarkWollemi stringybarkblue-leaved stringybarkbrown stringybarkmealy stringybarkmessmate stringybarknarrow-leaved stringybarkprivet-leaved stringybarkred stringybarkstringybark pinethin-leaved stringybarkwhite stringybark

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