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Definition of "stringybark" []

  • Any of a number of Australian eucalyptus trees with fibrous bark (noun)

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Use "stringybark" in a sentence
  • "Eucalypt open forests extend across most of the landscape, typically dominated by Darwin stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) and Darwin woollybutt (E. miniata) growing up to 20 meters (m) tall."
  • "Over large areas, either of two eucalypts, messmate stringybark Eucalyptus obliqua and Smithton peppermint Eucalyptus nitida, is found emergent from rain forest, the former species on the better soils in the east and the latter on the poorer soils mainly in the west."
  • "Darwin stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) dominated communities cover 36.3 percent of the ecoregion."