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Definition of Lacebark

1. Noun. Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.

Definition of Lacebark

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

Definition of Lacebark

1. Noun. Any of various New Zealand plants in the genus ''Hoheria''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lacebark

1. a West Indian tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacebark

Literary usage of Lacebark

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

1. Gardens of the Caribbees: Sketches of a Cruise to the West Indies and the by Ida May Hill Starr (1903)
"Among the natural curios — to us the most wonderful — was a branch of what is known as the lacebark-tree. The botanist will have to tell you its real ..."

2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"It is a slow-growing pine, well adapted to small gardens. The foliage is thick, and dark green with pale linings. From China comes the lacebark Pine (P. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... the breadfruit tree, the papaw, the lacebark tree, and the guava. The Palma Christi, from which castor oil is made, is а тегу abundant annual. ..."

4. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1907)
"... v bite-pine, mountain totara, and kowhai, with under growth of broadleaf, fuchsia, pepperwood, wineberry, lancewood, lacebark, and black scrub. ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... Gray), the lacebark, endemic in the southern island of New Zeal., is recorded in horticultural literature abroad. It is said by Cheeseman to be one of ..."

6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1906)
"... the charming lacebark—to mention some of the commoner plants—are all there. Climbing plants, which give such a tropical aspect to a New Zealand forest, ..."

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