bark : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters
  angostura.
  

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An`gos*tu"ra bark"

Etymology

From Angostura, in Venezuela.

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1. An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S. Disp.

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An`gus*tu"ra bark`

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1. See Angostura bark.

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• noun small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
  

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Bark" bee`tle

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1. (Zoöl.) A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidæ), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.

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• noun any of several insects living on the bark of plants
  bark louse.
  

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Bark" louse`

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1. (Zoöl.) An insect of the family Coccidæ, which infests the bark of trees and vines. ✍ The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The bark louse of vine is Pulvinaria innumerabilis; that of the pear is Lecanium pyri. See Orange scale.

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• noun any of several insects living on the bark of plants
  bark louse.
  

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• noun small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark
  muntjac.
  

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• noun of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark
  Hylactophryne augusti; robber frog.
  

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Bark"ing i`rons

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1. Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. Gardner.
2. A pair of pistols. Slang

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• noun a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree
  birchbark canoe; birchbark.
  

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• noun ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
  fever tree; Pinckneya pubens; bitter-bark.
  

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• noun tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
  Andira inermis; cabbage bark; cabbage tree.
  

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• noun tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
  Andira inermis; cabbage bark; cabbage tree.
  

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Cal`i*sa"ya bark

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1. A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species.

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• noun highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic
  canella; white cinnamon.
  

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• noun Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)
  Cinchona cordifolia; Cinchona lancifolia.
  

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• noun aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense
  eleuthera bark; cascarilla bark.
  

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• ) (Med.), the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication.

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• noun aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark
  Chinese cinnamon.
  

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• the bark of Cinnamomum Cassia, etc. The coarser kinds are called Cassia lignea, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon.

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• noun Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
  cassia; Cinnamomum cassia.
  

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• noun a disease of American chestnut trees
  chestnut canker; chestnut blight.
  

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• noun dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
  cascara; chittam bark; cascara sagrada.
  

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• noun dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
  cascara; chittam bark; cascara sagrada.
  

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• noun medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
  Jesuit's bark; cinchona bark; cinchona.
  

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• noun aromatic bark of Saigon cinnamon used medicinally as a carminative
  
• noun aromatic bark used as a spice
  cinnamon.
  

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• noun evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
  Alstonia scholaris; devil tree; dita.
  

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• noun aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense
  eleuthera bark; cascarilla bark.
  

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• noun ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
  fever tree; Pinckneya pubens; bitter-bark.
  

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• . See Cascara sagrada.

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• (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.

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• noun medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
  Jesuit's bark; cinchona bark; cinchona.
  

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• Peruvian bark, or the bark of certain species of Cinchona; so called because its medicinal properties were first made known in Europe by Jesuit missionaries to South America.

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Lace"-bark` noun

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

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Man*co"na bark`

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1. . See Sassy bark.

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Nine"-bark` noun

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1. (Bot.) A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, ∨ Spiræa, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name.

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• noun medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
  Jesuit's bark; cinchona bark; cinchona.
  

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• the bitter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their compounds; called also Jesuit's bark, and cinchona. See Cinchona.

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Quil*la"ia bark`

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1. (Bot.) The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap. Also called soap bark.

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Sas"sy bark`

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1. (Bot.) The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlæum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark.

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• noun Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer
  Agathis robusta; queensland kauri; dundathu pine.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Quillaia bark.

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• noun small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree
  Dendroctonus rufipennis.
  
  • the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests

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• (Bot.), a name given in Australia to several trees of the genus Eucalyptus (as E. amygdalina, obliqua, capitellata, macrorhyncha, piperita, pilularis, ∧ tetradonta), which have a fibrous bark used by the aborigines for making cordage and cloth.

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• noun aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense
  eleuthera bark; cascarilla bark.
  

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• noun the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
  tapa; tappa; tapa bark.
  

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• noun the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
  tapa; tappa; tapa bark.
  

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• . See the Note under Canella.

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• noun aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties
  
• noun South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood
  Drimys winteri; winter's bark.
  

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Win"ter's bark`

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1. (Bot.) The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, ∨ Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.

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• noun small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae
  Winteraceae; family Winteraceae.
  

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• noun South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood
  Drimys winteri; winter's bark.
  

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• calisaya bark.

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