stringybark

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounstringybark (plural stringybarks)

plural stringybarks

  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.

    1974, Thea Astley, A Kindness Cup, Text Classics, published 2018, page 54

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
woollybutt

Origin

From stringy + bark.

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APA

stringybark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringybark

MLA

“stringybark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringybark. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stringybark,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringybark.

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