Angostura bark () An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, / officinalis). |
Angustura bark () See Angostura bark. |
Bark (v. t.) To strip the bark from |
Bark (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from |
Bark (v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3. |
Bark (v. t.) To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark |
Bark (v. i.) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs |
Bark (v. i.) To make a clamor |
Bark (n.) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog |
Bark (n.) Alt. of Barque |
Bark beetle () A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage. |
Bark louse () An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines. |
Calisaya bark () A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species. |
Lace-bark (n.) A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia) |
Mancona bark () See Sassy bark. |
Nine-bark (n.) A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name. |
Quillaia bark () 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. |
Sassy bark () The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally |
Sea willow () A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches. |
Water willow () An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers. |
Willow (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. |
Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes |
Willow (v. t.) To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2. |
Willow-herb (n.) A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus. |
Willow-thorn (n.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow. |
Willow-weed (n.) A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris). |
Willow-weed (n.) Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage. |
Willow-wort (n.) Same as Willow-weed. |
Willow-wort (n.) Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family. |
Winter's bark () 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. |
bark beetle | small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees, related to weevils |
spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus rufipennis | small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree, the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests |
bark-louse bark louse | any of several insects living on the bark of plants |
bark barque | a sailing ship with (or more) masts |
birchbark canoe birchbark birch bark | a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree |
willow | a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers |
willowware willow-pattern | chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river |
bark | the sound made by a dog |
bark | a noise resembling the bark of a dog |
dundathu pine queensland kauri smooth bark kauri Agathis robusta | Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer |
cinnamon cinnamon bark | aromatic bark used as a spice |
cassia cassia-bark tree Cinnamomum cassia | Chinese tree with aromatic bark, yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon |
cassia bark Chinese cinnamon | aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree, less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark |
cinnamon bark | aromatic bark of Saigon cinnamon used medicinally as a carminative |
Winteraceae family Winteraceae winter's bark family | small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera, sometimes included in Magnoliaceae |
winter's bark winter's bark tree Drimys winteri | South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood |
dita dita bark devil tree Alstonia scholaris | evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes, bark formerly used medicinally |
willow aster | a variety of aster |
peach bells peach bell willow bell Campanula persicifolia | perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers |
willow oak Quercus phellos | medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood |
bush willow Combretum appiculatum | small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers |
bush willow Combretum erythrophyllum | small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks |
canella canella bark white cinnamon | highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic |
cabbage bark cabbage-bark tree cabbage tree Andira inermis | tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood, bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic |
Cartagena bark Cinchona cordifolia Cinchona lancifolia | Colombian tree, source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark) |
cinchona cinchona bark Peruvian bark Jesuit's bark | medicinal bark of cinchona trees, source of quinine and quinidine |
fever tree Georgia bark bitter-bark Pinckneya pubens | 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 |
Salicaceae family Salicaceae willow family | two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix, Populus |
willow willow tree | any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix |
white willow Huntingdon willow Salix alba | large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having greyish canescent leaves and grey bark |
silver willow silky willow Salix alba sericea Salix sericea | North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying |
golden willow Salix alba vitellina Salix vitellina | European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry |
cricket-bat willow Salix alba caerulea | Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches |
arctic willow Salix arctica | low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America |
weeping willow Babylonian weeping willow Salix babylonica | willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China, widely cultivated as an ornamental |
Wisconsin weeping willow Salix pendulina Salix blanda Salix pendulina blanda | hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit |
pussy willow Salix discolor | small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves |
goat willow florist's willow pussy willow Salix caprea | much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves |
peachleaf willow peach-leaved willow almond-leaves willow Salix amygdaloides | willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees |
almond willow black Hollander Salix triandra Salix amygdalina | Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry |
hoary willow sage willow Salix candida | North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves |
crack willow brittle willow snap willow Salix fragilis | large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken |
prairie willow Salix humilis | slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America |
dwarf willow Salix herbacea | widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves |
grey willow gray willow Salix cinerea | Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs |
arroyo willow Salix lasiolepis | shrubby willow of the western United States |
shining willow Salix lucida | common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves |
swamp willow black willow Salix nigra | North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes |
bay willow laurel willow Salix pentandra | European willow tree with shining leathery leaves, widely naturalized in the eastern United States |
purple willow red willow red osier basket willow purple osier Salix purpurea | Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin |