LACEBARK

lacebark, ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea

(noun) small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lacebark (plural lacebarks)

Any of various New Zealand plants in the genus Hoheria.

Anagrams

• rackable

Source: Wiktionary


Lace"-bark`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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