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Definition of Ironbark

1. a timber tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironbark

Literary usage of Ironbark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Indian Forester (1902)
"It is the principal ironbark in that enormous stretch of country between Dubbo and Pilliga, &c., and also forms a part of the ironbark country east of Dubbo ..."

2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"ironbark, n. Early settlers gave this name to several large Eucalypts, ... 183 : " It was made out of a piece of bark from a tree called ironbark (nearly as ..."

3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1903)
"It is a tree •which requires further investigation, the first work to be undertaken being a list of localities which produce timbers known as "ironbark Box" ..."

4. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1902)
"Known also as " White, Red " or " Narrow-leaved ironbark," or "Grey Gum. ... Perhaps the most valuable ironbark : much used for sleepers and other railway ..."

5. The Indian Forester (1902)
"It is the principal ironbark in that enormous stretch of country between Dubbo and Pilliga, &c., and also forms a part of the ironbark country east of Dubbo ..."

6. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"ironbark, n. Early settlers gave this name to several large Eucalypts, ... 183 : " It was made out of a piece of bark from a tree called ironbark (nearly as ..."

7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1903)
"It is a tree •which requires further investigation, the first work to be undertaken being a list of localities which produce timbers known as "ironbark Box" ..."

8. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1902)
"Known also as " White, Red " or " Narrow-leaved ironbark," or "Grey Gum. ... Perhaps the most valuable ironbark : much used for sleepers and other railway ..."

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