The bark of a tree or plant. Also as a count noun. Also figurative. Now chiefly Canadian.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > bark (18) rindeOE The bark of a tree or plant. Also as a count noun. Also figurative. Now chiefly Canadian. barka1300 The rind or outer sheath of the trunk and branches of trees, formed of tissue parallel with the wood. See quot. 1866. pillc1300 A covering or outer layer of a fruit or vegetable; a skin, husk, rind, or shell; the bark of a tree, or a layer of bark; spec. (a piece of) the thin… scorch1480 Rind, bark. utter-bark1530 Combinations (hyphenated, or as one word): utter-bark, utter-brass, utter-court, utter-deal (deal, n.1 1d), utter-end, utter-gate, utter-room, utter-… skin1558 An outer layer or covering. The outer covering of certain fruits and vegetables; the peel or rind; (also) the bark or rind of a tree or plant. shell1561 The outer covering of a seed, etc.; a husk, pod (e.g. pea-shell); †rind (of pomegranates, etc.); putamen, pericarp. tree-bark1910 Subcategories:— a piece of (3) — scar on (1) — type of (3) — part of (3) |
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